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Originally Posted by RyanOlsen05
Hey, I’m new here. I recently bought my car but the power steering doesn’t work. I checked the fuzes but that’s not the problem. I’m wondering if anyone has any suggestions or has had a similar issue.  |
Does it occasionally work and go out suddenly? Is there a glowing "steering wheel" light in the dash that stays on?
My Power Steering ECU went at around 50K miles. It was $1200 with parts and labor at the dealer. The part online is like $500, the rest is labor. Not sure if you can fix it yourself. I believe part of the labor was having to calibrate it with the Toyota computer, but I'm not totally sure.
In my case, the power steering would work, then randomly go out while driving. Turning off and on the car fixed it temporarily. I did ask them to check the codes before they did anything, but they said the car wouldn't show anything if it was hardware. It didn't. They actually had to leave the car running for about 2 hours before it faulted on its own so they could guarantee it was the ECU because the car didn't log any problems.