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Old 10-19-12, 11:50 AM
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While driving out of nowhere my steering wheel jams I could still move the steering wheel but its stiff and requires two hands just to move it a liTtle bit do you guys have any input about it? This happened two times already
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Originally Posted by duy
While driving out of nowhere my steering wheel jams I could still move the steering wheel but its stiff and requires two hands just to move it a liTtle bit do you guys have any input about it? This happened two times already

For starters, check your power steering fluid.
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Originally Posted by wbmx1981
For starters, check your power steering fluid.


Start with the most obvious potential solution.
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if not fluid, probably the pump going bad. Because it happens out of nowhere, this means it work sometimes, so my money is on the pump, not the fluid. Either that or the steering rack has gone bad.
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Its not the power steering fluid I checked and its not leaking and theres still fluid I think its.probably would be the steering rack I probably need.to take it apArt
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