1995 Toyota Supra Steering loss

DTSHRAP

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1995 TOYOTA SUPRA
6 CYL
RWD
MANUAL
155,000 MILES

Hi my son has 1995 Toyota supra 155,000km.
Twice in the last 2 weeks he has had a loss of power steering while cornering at low speed. The second time the engine cut out altogether. Have taken to Toyota dealership and put on the computers etc, nothing found, no faults picked up. Any suggestions as to why this happened? Thsnks

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MHPAUTOS

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I would be looking at the idle control system, as you slow down to corner and revs drop, if you are at a no throttle idle condition, the iac may not be working as it should and a very low idle condition will affect the steering as the pump needs to be driven at a given speed to achieve enough pressure to operate the steering, low pump pressure will equal heave steering, if idle is to low you will stall.

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Thursday, May 14th, 2015 AT 3:06 AM

DTSHRAP

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Thank you so much, this gives us a starting point and hopefully fix this problem. Will keep you posted thanks again

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Friday, May 15th, 2015 AT 1:06 AM

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Good luck with this problem, any feed back will be great.

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Friday, May 15th, 2015 AT 5:46 AM

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Hi, u just wanted to thank you for the suggestions and advice given to me for my son. So far so good, we took your advice and seems to have fixed the problem on his Supra.
Cannot thank you enough! Will definitely recommend your site to everyone.

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Thursday, June 11th, 2015 AT 7:47 PM

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