Power Steering Issue

177,000 MILES • 3.5L • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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DANIEL ANDRYSZAK
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My car has EPS. The Power Steering Failure would illuminate and steering is difficult. Turn off and on car, power steering was restored. Now I have a hard failure of the power steering, but randomly when you start the car, the power steering works for a limited amount of time. No diagnostic codes are generated. I took it to an auto shop, they see a thermal error, but they do not believe that it is a power steering column or motor issue and I disagree. Any suggestions? I would rather not replace both the steering column and motor, trying to determine what is actually failing.
Sep 15, 2016 at 3:12 AM
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HMAC300
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there is a tsb on this which your car may be involved. it is a torque sensor problem so you will have to call a dealer to see if your car qualifies. if it does they fix for free. the campaign number is 14116b.
Sep 15, 2016 at 5:10 AM
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