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Originally Posted by YankBoffin
Subscribing to this because I'm having the exact issue in my 2013 BRZ with similar mileage. Unfortunately my car is out of warranty (powertrain warranty, I'm assuming doesn't cover steering), so I've been hesitant to take it to the dealer until I can figure out how to replicate the failure. So far it's been so frustratingly intermittent that I haven't bothered, knowing I risk incurring a hefty "diagnostic" free with no actual fix.
Things that set it off, sometimes, but by no means all the time:
- making a slow turn into a parking lot
- driving straight at 35 - 45 mph on a smooth road
- sitting at a red light, out of gear, foot on brake
- crossing train tracks
Sometimes the steering returns on its own after a few seconds.
Sometimes restarting the car is needed to make the steering return to normal.
Lately, neither has been true, but by the next morning the steering works again.
Over heating does not seem likely. Today the steering went out 5 minutes after starting the car. Mind you, it's 32°F at the moment.
I had no power steering when parked this evening. If it's still out when I start for work tomorrow I'll drive straight to the dealer instead.
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Good plan!
It may be an expensive fix ...... but, the alternative could be much more costly .....
Reminds me of the time when my daughter (age 16) was being picked up for a date by a boy driving his mom's car.
Our driveway slopes down rather steeply. When he went to back out, the engine died, thus the power brakes didn't work. The car crashed through my beautiful, freshly varnished, all wood garage door.
When I arrived upon the scene, his mom had a garage repair man on site making a repair estimate, which she was going to pay for (smart mom).
I took my daughter aside and told her that I wasn't going to stop her from dating that kid .......but SHE was to drive HER car.
They only had one date.
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