Midlifecyclist
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My other half bought a high mileage (140,000) 57 plate Diesel Multijet Lounge from a friend of a friend. It had various messages appearing on the dash that she was assured by the friends friend who is a mechanic that they had been dealt with! Anyway I think she's bought a dog!
One of the warning messages was about checking power steering, this was proved accurate when on our second drive out the steering went stiff and required us to pull over and restart the engine which temporarily rectified the problem.
After an evening reading this forum it seemed that a new battery could solve things so a new one was fitted. The previous one showed 57% on the test meter.
For the next two days only a check glow plugs message appeared which had been there since the day she picked it up. But the steering message quickly came back and the steering went stiff a few more times.
More reading of the forum sent me down a rabbit hole about steering torque sensors. Could that be the issue?
Regardless of warning messages my Mrs headed off on a 100mile round trip on Saturday the steering failed twice and required a restart to cure and near the end of the journey the engine management light came on!
It actually drives ok apart from the steering issue!
I'm now worried we've bought a dog but want to explore a few possibilities if any exist to fix the thing before I drive it off a cliff .
Any thoughts on a plan of action would be gratefully received.
One of the warning messages was about checking power steering, this was proved accurate when on our second drive out the steering went stiff and required us to pull over and restart the engine which temporarily rectified the problem.
After an evening reading this forum it seemed that a new battery could solve things so a new one was fitted. The previous one showed 57% on the test meter.
For the next two days only a check glow plugs message appeared which had been there since the day she picked it up. But the steering message quickly came back and the steering went stiff a few more times.
More reading of the forum sent me down a rabbit hole about steering torque sensors. Could that be the issue?
Regardless of warning messages my Mrs headed off on a 100mile round trip on Saturday the steering failed twice and required a restart to cure and near the end of the journey the engine management light came on!
It actually drives ok apart from the steering issue!
I'm now worried we've bought a dog but want to explore a few possibilities if any exist to fix the thing before I drive it off a cliff .
Any thoughts on a plan of action would be gratefully received.