Intermittent steering issue
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My Name: den9112
- Posts: 26
- Joined: Sun Jan 05, 2014 4:40 pm
- Model: C3 2002-2005, Original shape model
- Year: 2003 (03)
- Engine Size: 1.4 i
- Fuel Type: Petrol
- Mileage: 64000
- Gearbox: Manual 5 speed
- DPF: No
Just recently the power steering is failing on my 2003 c3, After switching the ignition on and off it returns to normal,this as only just started happening after 1000 trouble free miles(only just purchased the a month ago) could anyone please tell me the procedure of tracing down the problem.Thanks
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My Name: Arfur Dent
- Posts: 3546
- Joined: Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:47 pm
- Model: C3 2002-2005, Original shape model
- Year: 2002 (52)
- Engine Size: 1.4 (16v)
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Mileage: 100000
- Gearbox: Manual 5 speed
- DPF: No
- LHD or RHD: RHD (UK)
- Engine name: DV4 16-valve diesel (90 PS)
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Its not a simple job to track down electrical faults like this.den9112 wrote:Just recently the power steering is failing on my 2003 c3, After switching the ignition on and off it returns to normal,this as only just started happening after 1000 trouble free miles(only just purchased the a month ago) could anyone please tell me the procedure of tracing down the problem.Thanks
Inspection would be a good start, inspect all the wiring to the ECU, BSI and Power steering ECU and PS motor, looking for damage, poor connections etc.
Another step would be to interrogate the onboard computers to see if there are any error codes left by the power steering ECU, you need to use Lexia tool for this.
After looking for power steering ECU codes, look for any other fault codes. Clear each one (by fixing the problem) and test if the power steering fault has gone.
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