2003 Mercury Mountaineer My car seems to be skipping

2003 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER
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JAKEWESTHU
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Steering problem
2003 Mercury Mountaineer 6 cyl Two Wheel Drive Automatic 160k miles

Hello,I am having a steering problem with car,whenever I turn the wheel a whole rotation,it seems to skip or kind of jump if you will and just feels weird and it scares me because I just had to drop a grand repairing a brake problem..it also makes a loud humming sound...whenever I turn it this way the whole car jerks and it feels as thought I'm driving ovlotslot of bumps when I'm actually driving on flat ground
Mar 22, 2010 at 7:57 PM
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2CARPRO JACK
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Common for Ford power steering systems with high mileage.First have the system drained and refilled with fres fluid.This will give some lubrication quality back to the fluid.I usually add about 2 Tbs's of STP engine oil treatment and drive the vehicle to get it mixed into the system.I have had good luck wth that, but you have to drive it for a little bit to get it worked in
Mar 22, 2010 at 8:49 PM
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