problem with power steering - Saxperience

N16RYN · 12th January 2009, 17:33

hi my sister HAS A VTR an the power steering doesnt work but im sure if the heater fans and rear headed window dont work its fuse,relay or a broken wire in the ignition am i right?she doesnt have a hand book so i cant find out where the fuse or relay is to check them.
cheers

Nij · 12th January 2009, 17:42

under the bonnet, near the power steering pump (right hand side) is a grey round relay - that is another problem that can occour.
I have a spare one if you want it? PM me

nads2030 · 12th January 2009, 18:17

if you follow the cables up from the power steering pump, you will see an inline fuse not far from the grey relay. But if your interior heater and rear window heater are not working then I would look at the ignition barrel. The plastic bit at the back end of them are prone to melting.

saxokid100 · 12th January 2009, 18:41

Its your relay bud!! as all ready said...........

deanomx206 · 12th January 2009, 18:41

funny that... this is the exact problem ive got at the minute
my power steerings temperamental... sometimes itll work and then most of the time it doesnt... but i took the key out n put it back in n started the car and it worked for abit!
the heaters dont work when the powersteerings not working...
went to the garage and my battery and alternator are fine so i was thinking maybe its a relay? but i needed to know if there deffinately linked via the same relay

bluearmy · 12th January 2009, 19:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by N16RYN

hi my sister HAS A VTR an the power steering doesnt work but im sure if the heater fans and rear headed window dont work its fuse,relay or a broken wire in the ignition am i right?she doesnt have a hand book so i cant find out where the fuse or relay is to check them.
cheers

if the power steering, heaters and heated rear screen are not working have a look at this link there is a fix that should sort it

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27609

N16RYN · 12th January 2009, 21:31

i took the gray plug from my 106 an gave it a try..still not working think i might have to go try the barrel gutted haha.cheers lads

deanomx206 · 13th January 2009, 20:18

tried the relay off my mates furio which he crashed a few months back... didnt work so i then tried myn back in.. still nothing then driving along suddenly the heaters and pas would come back to life... then randomly stop again if i hit a bump or something? any ideas

stevo67 · 13th January 2009, 21:55

As already said the fix is already on alink thats already been posted up mate its a common fault.

STEVE.

deanomx206 · 13th January 2009, 22:46

ye but id rather fix it properly if i can as if i bypass it and leave the heaters on by mistake ill have a dead battery

vtrdanvtr · 15th September 2009, 20:51

your second click on ignition barral has gone get auto electrition out he will bypass it on barral so no need to get new 1 its a simple fix 1 bit of wire wid a relay on it

vtrdanvtr · 15th September 2009, 20:54

power steering blowers and rear window are all linked

redadair85 · 15th September 2009, 21:00

same happend to mine, after 2days of having my vtr the barrel ciezed, first my dimister went then blowers then powersteering, its a fuckin bitch

SKUS3 · 12th March 2010, 21:57

Hi ive seen some power steering threads but nothing really like our problem..... we have an 02 vtr and wen my mrs was out drivin the power steerin just stopped dead......i've tryed a new relay and a second hand pump which i fitted earlyer this evenin but still no power steering.

i bled the system well attempted too. i took the resivoir cap off n moved it from lock to lock as said in the haynes book which released alot of air now the fluid level just rises from just above min to up n over max n down again n keeps doin it from lock to lock.....is that right???

Is there any fuse etc??

I havnt a clue wat to do next so any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks alot Ryan.

chris59 · 12th March 2010, 22:18

this happened to mine, tried the thing under the steering wheel, in the end got a sparky round and gave him £50 he fixed it, turns out there was a short which had melted some wires.

9mil · 24th March 2010, 00:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris59

this happened to mine, tried the thing under the steering wheel, in the end got a sparky round and gave him £50 he fixed it, turns out there was a short which had melted some wires.

wat wires was it

tm2204 · 28th March 2010, 12:10

Power steering went on my Saxo & after replacing the relay it worked again.

Problem is the new relay blew very shortly after.

Any ideas why she's suddenly blowing relays? Does the pump do this if it's on it's way out or could it be some kind of electrical problem?

Anybody have this problem before?

Tks

jsdvtr · 2nd April 2010, 17:23

My old pump just seemed tostop working, got a new 1 fitted and still the same. The fuse had gone by the pump and fitted a new 1 and then turned car over and blew again. Any ideas?

Claireh25 · 29th January 2011, 22:24

I have a saxon vtr, e erg, the power steering has been plating up over the past few months, working intermittently, now it's stopped working cimpletely, heaters and rear window working fine.... Any suggestions? Could it just need more fluid???

james301008 · 25th June 2011, 19:20

hi i have a citroen saxo 1.1 desire my power steering has just stopped working and dont know where the fuse is for it........................... any suggestions