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Originally Posted by Sarlacc
I disagree. And I'm not very diplomatic :-)
OP says he's in his 50's and have driven lots of cars w/o PS, just like you and me. Granted, a car designed for PS will feel a lot harder than old cars with big wheels and higher gear ratio on the steering, but he should be able to steer with no problem at speed.
Toyota doesn't replace the PS unit and PS ECU just to please a customer, there was obviously something wrong. And this fault caused the steering to almost freeze up, to a degree where OP (a sensible guy in his 50's with lots of driving experience) were not in control of where his car was pointed.
This all suggests there is a possible error condition where the power steering does more than stop working, it actively resists steering.
But I will agree that further debate on the subject is futile. I just hope this is not the way the PS unit fails by design, but rather an isolated issue.
Thanks for sharing your experience, @ Tomking. |
Cheers mate, I do so hope this is a an isolated issue but agree with you that Toyota would not replace a unit just to shut up one person.