My son's '06 3s hatchback with 115K miles did something really weird yesterday. He drove it up into the mountains of Cali to take his girlfriend snowboarding. There was a freak snowstorm starting, so everyone started heading down the mountain. People didn't have snow tires or chains, so they were crawling along at very low speeds for hours. My son said that he noticed his power steering quit working, his speedo wouldn't register any speed, his E-brake light came on, and his power steering warning light came on. When he later stopped for gas, he shut off the car. When he restarted it, everything was working again!
Has anyone had any similar experience? I'm wondering if maybe his battery is going out and perhaps the voltage drooped momentarily enough to cause this strange behavior.
He had his entire power steering system replaced, including steering gear, less than a month ago, so it really freaked me out when my wife told me his power steering went out again.
Has anyone had any similar experience? I'm wondering if maybe his battery is going out and perhaps the voltage drooped momentarily enough to cause this strange behavior.
He had his entire power steering system replaced, including steering gear, less than a month ago, so it really freaked me out when my wife told me his power steering went out again.
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