welll.. my power steerin failure light wud come up on random occasions when i first brought the car, but then neva appeared agen for the next 4 or 5months.. i fixed ma wipers and was happy to be back on the road with nothing holding me bk .. wen the light come on agen ! it was comin on randomly again throughout the day but more frequently than in the past.. now it wont go away!!! does this mean i need a new power steering column or can it be something less cash crunching! if it is the power steering column i need to replace is anyone selling one for a good price fiat punto mk2 1.2
thanks agen guys

It would need confirming on examiner but yes chances are a column is required

Try http://www.bba-reman.com/ choice uk site - they will remanufacture your old unit at a fraction off the new cost

HTH
Martin

Hi mate,

sounds like your power steering is on it's way out.

It's likely to be one of two parts, power steering motor, or power steering column.

Trouble is Fiat will charge you £80 to tell you which it is, and to be honest you can pick up a refurb'd column+motor for the same price as a new motor anyway. (£200 BBA Reman on Ebay - refurb'd coulumn+motor).

In the end i decided to bypass the £80 diagnostics, buy the whole thing from BBA Reman and get a mechanic friend to fit it for free - bargain!

Alternatively you're looking at the following:

Fiat diagnosis to tell you whether it's column or motor £80
New motor (if ur lucky and it's not the column), £200 + £80 to fit at local garage.
New column (if ur unlucky or decide to skip the diagnostics), £200 + £250 for local garage to fit.
Being shafted by Fiat - £650 for new column+fitting

Hope this helps - if you've got a mechanic friend then you're definitely best off doing it all yourself!

Steve

It still needs setting up by Fiat though to configure the torque position sensor i believe

No, if you buy a complete unit from some1 such as BBA Reman it doesn't need calibrating... see below

https://www.fiatforum.com/punto-technical/122058-punto-power-steering-solution-confusion.html