interesting issue (2004 gtp)

[daturbosix]

sister inlaws car got stuck in mud last night.

today, she complains about the steering being very heavy at idle and low speed.

with the car in park and at idle, it is heavy to turn, if i give it throttle, to say about 2000 rpm it becomes normal again..however, there is a light click noise coming from what i assume is steering related when turning. everything appears to be tight and not worn out..

fluid checked out ok too

anyone every experience something like this?
pump issue?
rack issue?
something electronic?(not even sure if this has something like that related)

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[Anonymous]

magnasteer failure. if abs/trac light is on its not likely worki ng since they are all dependant

 

[Anonymous]

check a two wire connector near the rack on the drivers side, it may have rubbed through on the CV if it dropped down off the clip

 

[daturbosix]

abs/trac light has been on for a while due to a bad wheel speed sensor. however, never had this issue till today, or after the "mud situation"

 

[02BlueGT]

X2 on magnasteer issues, there should be a connection right on the rack near the pinion. Check it for damage. It isn't tied into the abs wheel speed sensors (I have a bad wheel sensor and my magnasteer works just fine) , the magnasteer is speed based, so vehicle speed sensor issues could cause this too. Hows the speedo working after the mud?

 

[TonzKnock-G]

That click/pop noise you hear is very common and probably unrelated.

 

[Rent Free]

rack pulled apart inside?

id just replace the rack and not worry about the race since the magnasteer is inside it anyways.

 

[daturbosix]

go to move it today... and everything is normal! lol wtf?

ps its for sale.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

After a certain number of key cycles without a failure code the systems will go back to operating normally