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gez09 · Dec 30th, 2006, 05:27 PM

Hello all,

Just discovered this forum after researching into power steering problems with with minis. My fiance has March 03 Mini cooper and over the past week the power steering has been playing up. I hardly drive the car appart to and from the shops etc. Over the past week whilst she has been away i was shocked whilst driving that the power steering decided to get heavey ever so ofetn and then completely gone. I got hom late and next day i started the car and it was fine. Ran to the shops as normal and back with no problems. What i have realised is that on any journey over 10mins the power steering decides to give up. I have checke the fluid and it is sitting just below the min mark on the dipstick but i cant see that causing complete shutdown......
Are the failures everyone else gets teminal or symptoms more like mine???

Any help appreciated

Gerry

Tracie · Dec 30th, 2006, 08:54 PM

There have been a load of power steering pump fails, do a search and you will find the threads

http://www.mini2.com/forum/faults-fi...te-yes-no.html

Dec 30th, 2006, 05:27 PM	#1
gez09 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Local Time: 10:20 PM Posts: 4 Offline	1st post and 1st problem Hello all, Just discovered this forum after researching into power steering problems with with minis. My fiance has March 03 Mini cooper and over the past week the power steering has been playing up. I hardly drive the car appart to and from the shops etc. Over the past week whilst she has been away i was shocked whilst driving that the power steering decided to get heavey ever so ofetn and then completely gone. I got hom late and next day i started the car and it was fine. Ran to the shops as normal and back with no problems. What i have realised is that on any journey over 10mins the power steering decides to give up. I have checke the fluid and it is sitting just below the min mark on the dipstick but i cant see that causing complete shutdown...... Are the failures everyone else gets teminal or symptoms more like mine??? Any help appreciated Gerry

Dec 30th, 2006, 08:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tracie MINI less. My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Poole, Dorset.UK Local Time: 10:20 PM Posts: 2,486 Offline	There have been a load of power steering pump fails, do a search and you will find the threads http://www.mini2.com/forum/faults-fi...te-yes-no.html I'm being tempted back to a MINI.... Last edited by Tracie : Dec 30th, 2006 at 08:54 PM. Reason: link added

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