Powered Steering issues

[Puntopimp]

Hey all i was driving down the M2 today towards a job interview in my Punto and at about 70 - 75 felt a clunk and the Power steering went and the light come on the dash so i pulled on the hard shoulder turned the engine off, turned back on powered steering bumped back on no problems it done it again earlier luckily at traffic lights will i need to get a brand new steering collum or is it a electrical issue as in change the fuse???

 

[HDi fun]

I think your car has electric PAS (rather than the more common hydraulic arrangement). If it was a fuse it wouldn't have fixed itself. It's more likely to be a loose connection but do get it looked soon at as the PAS servo motor draws significant current.

Sudden loss of steering assistance can be pretty scary.

 

[Puntopimp]

Defo! Happened at 70ish on motorway Lol! i'll get it look at next week when it gets serviced

 

[lutonmatt]

you need to take it to a garage and get the steering colum recalibrated
as there are 3 sensors in there and they always go out of sync
used to do them all the time down my old garage dont do them so much now i have moved