2008 Lancer steering wheel warning light

lolokeogh

Folk 3 mths ago the orange steering wheel light with exclamation mark come on dash,the steering became inpossible to steer,the iit went but i got AA to get me to a garage,all sorts was looked at to do with car but nothing could be found,all checks ok,car drove grand,but then once off it happened again this morning,warning lights came on,car was hard to steer,and then it went back to normal,the car is a 2008 lancer and it has EPS..
cheers in advance

The Continental Op

Someone else with the same problem http://clubcj.net/viewtopic.php?t=24747

lolokeogh

The Continental Op wrote: »

Someone else with the same problem http://clubcj.net/viewtopic.php?t=24747

Excellent thread and thank you for posting link,yeah much the same problem,my car is automatic,so any time the problem happened was when i started the car,when the garage looked at the car they did mention the steering rack,but they found no issues,and there was no warning light,they did not charge and handed car back,that was over 3 mths now give or take,then wallop happened this morning,and is now gone back to normal,

lolokeogh

*****AT A GUESS??**************************
Ok looking at a similar issue the guy discovered faulty connections was isssue, when i got mine to a garage a few mths back no problem found,yer man went over all connections handed car back,good to go,has been perfect since...Sunday i put car through NCT,car rattled to death,could that have caused loose connection again??
folks i know more about flying a shuttle to the moon,so just guessing

The Continental Op

lolokeogh wrote: »

*****AT A GUESS??**************************
Ok looking at a similar issue the guy discovered faulty connections was isssue, when i got mine to a garage a few mths back no problem found,yer man went over all connections handed car back,good to go,has been perfect since...Sunday i put car through NCT,car rattled to death,could that have caused loose connection again??
folks i know more about flying a shuttle to the moon,so just guessing

I have definitely suffered from loose connections for other car components.

When I found the bad connector it was fairly obvious by the corrosion I used a tiny spot of conductive grease on each connection. Beware because its conductive it can short out connections if you use to much. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005T8QLYM

lolokeogh

The Continental Op wrote: »

I have definitely suffered from loose connections for other car components.

When I found the bad connector it was fairly obvious by the corrosion I used a tiny spot of conductive grease on each connection. Beware because its conductive it can short out connections if you use to much. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005T8QLYM

excellent,yes i will take a look for sure,its a crazy oul situation as when ya bring the car to garage sure its fine on al systems...lol.The link you posted seems like the very same issue,so i think i will run with the connection issue see where it gets me.just to add i know so little about cars when it happened a few mths back i spent 2 hours looking for the steering fluid resivoir...pmsl..

The Continental Op

The problem can be that the garage temporarily fixed the problem by separating any connector blocks and reconnecting them.

Something else I've done as a temporary fix on an old car is to very slightly twist the male pins so they push harder against the female part of the joint. But overdo it and you have messed up the connector block.

If you can clean the connections thats great but normally they are so small or shrouded that you can't really do anything.

Another possible is that the crimped connections on the ends of the terminations in the connector block are corroded. In which case just moving the wire around may get everything working again temporarily.

Corrosion on car electrical components is a ba$tard to try and fix.

lolokeogh

Ok late reply and a fix,yes it was a "power steering control unit" in the lancer located behind glove box,since the problem seems to be rare i took one from a scrapped lancer,but an auto electrician can fix im sure a faulty unit,have been driving with out any problem since