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Steering Problem 06 Chevy Equinox (Be Aware)

I am only posting this to make people aware.

My 06 Chevy Equinox that has less than 5K miles on it had/has a problem

with the power steering. For those of you that don't know, it has an electric Power Steering pump. Anyway, my wife drove it to the grocery and when she came out and headed home the power steering didn't work. She described it as driving a car when the engine isn't running. She "muscled" it home and parked it. I went out to check it out. I restarted to pull into my garage and everything worked ok.

The following Monday (yesterday) I took it to the dealer to have them check it out. I know, I know, how can they fix something that isn't broken. I understand that they probably wouldn't find anything since it

was working properly, but I wanted a paper-trail in case it happened again. They found nothing wrong as I expected them to. There were no service bulletins either.

I suspect that the pump wasn't working for numerous reasons which could

have been electrical, ice (due to the fact it was below freezing at the

time), computer problem or any other number of reasons.

So, if anybody else has this problem in the future, I suggest you drive

(muscle) it into the dealers and DO NOT shut off the engine until the mechanic drives it. Also take note of the outside temperature.

If anybody has had this problem, please let me know.

Thanks,

Hank

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ninebal310
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snipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote in news:1165921639.785459.36670 @j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

it is not a electric pump..its simply an electric scroll motor that gives assist instead of the old pump and rack system. GM has been having problems with this system since inception on the newer 'z' model malibu in 04.........ive had the problem in malibu, equinox, and G6. only the malibus have shown a problem alert on the DIC along with symptoms. probably coincidence that the others didnt show a warning. all my probs have been under warranty and the dealer has attacked from many different angles including everything from sensor, scroll motor, and steering rack to normal, no problem found..........not all cars ive seen were just 'manual steering effort required'. 2 just plain turned left without any input (at times), of course they were both diagnosed as 'normal, no problem found'. side this beside the fact that an electric motor controls your throtle and ive decided not to replace my truck with anything that uses the same kinda 'technology' no matter who makes it..............WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS!

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KjunRaven

Thanks for your reply.

Hank

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ninebal310

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