theres a solonoid in the steering column they had to replace it on mine after 31,000 miles. i bought it at 29,000. oh and dont bother looking for a place to put power steering fluid. i did that and apparently its all electric.

 

that is exactly what i get... car actually feels more stable on highway and in curves... altough it takes everything to do 90 deg. turns.... as soon as you turn the steering wheel more than 60 deg the power steering feels like its back but the tires wont go back to straight position by itself
but why doesnt it show up on the DIC ???

 

I am really pissed off. I have the same power steering problem. after I drive about 5 to 10 minutes it goes off and shows up on my DIC. WHY THE **** DOESNT GM RECALL THIS? It seems like alot of people are having the same problem. There is no way im spending $1000 dollars to get this fixed when it should never even happen in the cars life. Where can I buy a new column? If anyone knows a cheap way to fix this please let me know!

 

im with this guy is there a cheap alternative yet lol

 

The only alternative is to

1. Notify your dealership because they are receiving bulletins on this and will not be surprised at the problem

2. Buy a used one off of Ebay and take your chance with it. There all going to fail at some point because they all have the same issue. So buy time iwth a cheap way out

The reason why GM does not recall it IMO is because the same Steering column is in the HHR, Cobalt, G5, Redline. Thats ALOTTTTTT of recalls that they may not be willing to take

 

Bought a set of 17's as summers, thumping's gone... got an eibach prokit and a camber kit, brought it to get aligned and magicaly, power steering's back... ??? =)

 

So I went to the dearship today to see how much exactly its going to cost and they said the steering column alone is like 550 and the labor will be 300 so with tax im looking at about 900 bucks to fix! Its bullshit gm dont recall this but i guess i gotta just bite the bullet and it done!

 

If you go up there....... They know theres a problem with it. Argue with them on why they should fix it.

Plus even if they replace it, chances are that its going to go bad again because its the same column they have problems with. So you might find yourself paying another $900 here in about 2 years. Because they arent going to cover that part either. Junk yard it the best bet IMO.

 

add me to the list of power steering, it doesn't really bother me but it's annoying, one trip within 30 miles I turned the car on and off while driving about 5 times but 90% of the time its only once or twice. For the question about how it feels, it basically makes you feel like you have no ability to turn at all and the car feels really heavy. Just for ***** and giggles I drove home that way once since it's only a couple turns and my arms were killing me the next day. Guess I will call a dealership and see whats up with it.

For those that had it replaced and had an 05 or 06 did they change out everything including the steering wheel? im trying to visualize the scope of the fix.

 

Does anyone know where I could buy the steering column? I looked on ebay and couldnt find one. anyone selling one for an 06 ss/sc?

 

not sure if you find one cheap from somewhere else let us know lol and btw are you in plainfield Illinois by anychance

 

lol ya actually I do. we live real close to each other

 

So i tought my problems where over.... now i hear loud clunks comming from the power steering motor, whenever i go fully to the left or fully to the right pulling out of my parking lot or making hard turns.... anything to do with the sound you can hear from old coil springs ???? feels like power steering's back but could it just be going from 15's to 17's changed tire contact thus power steering feeling different or 'back'?

 

My steering went out yesterday and it was a ground short in the motor. Warranty is up but only 19000 miles so they are fixing for free. There needs to be a recall before someone gets in an accident.

 

My power steering also went out.

I've always liked GM alot but because this isn't a mandatory recall I will be very cautious of buying another GM product again.