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My 2007 Mazda 3 lost power steering at the weekend, losing all fluid. Is the UK not part of the recall mentioned in the press on 12 Aug or do they source different parts than they use in USA/Japan etc?...
I've just had a new steering rack installed, and then had to have the power steering sensor replaced. Now a warning light comes up on the dashboard and the steering is heavy at low speed and light at high...
I have recently taken delivery of a nearly-new, 4900-mile Fiesta 1.6TDCi Titanium. After only a few days, I noticed that two warning lights, the engine management and power steering lights, did not go...
My daughter is thinking of buying a 2004 Vauxhall Meriva 1.6 Life. Are they reliable?
On start up, all my Kia Venga's dashboard lights failed to come on and the power steering was not working. On the second occasion this happened, all the dashboard warning lights stayed on when the engine...
After towing my caravan with my Jeep Commander for a day, the next day I find that the power steering is very stiff and seems to grind for about 200 yards. Then all seems OK. Any ideas why?
My wife was driving our 2004 Ford Focus 1.8 petrol model yesterday when the steering became heavy and the brakes hardly worked. The onboard computer displayed the messages "engine system failure" and "braking...
The steering rack on my Ford S-Max recently failed and cost me £1300 to replace. The car was just out of warranty by six months and only has 26,500 miles on the clock. I bought the car when it was a year...
I've been told by a mechanic that I need a new electronic power steering pump in my Skoda Fabia (2000). The reason for this is that he thinks the wrong type of power steering fluid was put in before. Apparently...
I have a Vauxhall Vectra CDTI 150 2005 model. I have a problem with the power steering pump, which works intermittently. On start up it either works or it doesn't, and when it doesn't work the pump (electric...
 

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