Toyota Yaris power steering

yeller · 01-09-2013 12:20pm #1

we have removed the air con pipes from an 2004 toyota yaris but now notice that we have now no power steering working as well,

colm_mcm · 01-09-2013 6:08pm

Yaris or Vitz?

Did you do anything with the compressor?

yeller · 01-09-2013 6:14pm

Hi Colm we removed a a/c pipe from the compressor but that should effect the power steering should it

colm_mcm · 01-09-2013 8:38pm

If the car has hydraulic power steering (think the jap built ones do) then they may share a belt.
What engine is it and do you know where it was built?
French ones chassis number starts with VNKK, Japanese ones with JTD

yeller · 01-09-2013 9:43pm

yes it says Europe so its the french one VNK, its the 1300cc
The a/c compressor is still on the the car , we didnt detach the belt or anything, its all there , all we did was remove the a/c pipes.

dieselbug · 02-09-2013 8:12am

Does the car have electric power steering or a belt driven pump?

Did you remove the drive belt belt when you worked on the pipes?

yeller · 02-09-2013 11:46am

think its electric and we didnt remove any belts just removed the pipes

dieselbug · 02-09-2013 4:42pm

Is there a possibility you could have blown a fuse, maybe shorted a connection with a pipe.

Is the system charging the battery? low voltage may cause electric ps to be disabled.

JohnBoy26 · 07-09-2013 8:11pm

French built examples definitely have electric power steering.

Toyota Yaris power steering

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