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Brooking · Aug 29th, 2007, 12:50 PM

Can anyone help

Have an 02 plate mini cooper with intermitent loss of powe steering, driving along and the occaisonaly the power sterring just goes. stop the car restart and all appears OK again. short journeys about 10 miles to work and back in general.

Any help?

Buffster Bird · Aug 29th, 2007, 01:31 PM

Sounds like a problem with the power steering pump or the wiring to the pump. I had to have two pumps replaced on my 53 Cooper within the first six monthsof buying it. It first started when I left the car for short periods like filling up with petrol or doing some shopping. It never happened whislt driving though which sounds quite worrying. Then eventually I wouldn't have any power steering at all and the car had to be brought back to the dealers on a recovery vehicle as I was told it was unsafe to drive in that state. After having the second pump fitted there was never another problem with it.

mab01uk · Aug 29th, 2007, 06:39 PM

Power steering pump is failing, lots on this if you do a search. This is what you will need:-
PS Pump

oldnell · Aug 29th, 2007, 08:00 PM

You're lucky to have a warning. My power steering pump failed suddenly when I was on a busy roundabout. Could easily have killed someone.

Aug 29th, 2007, 12:50 PM	#1
Brooking MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Local Time: 03:44 AM Posts: 1 Offline	Newbie - problems with power steering Can anyone help Have an 02 plate mini cooper with intermitent loss of powe steering, driving along and the occaisonaly the power sterring just goes. stop the car restart and all appears OK again. short journeys about 10 miles to work and back in general. Any help?

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Aug 29th, 2007, 01:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Buffster Bird Justified and Ancient Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bury St Edmunds Local Time: 03:44 AM Posts: 3,551 Offline	Sounds like a problem with the power steering pump or the wiring to the pump. I had to have two pumps replaced on my 53 Cooper within the first six monthsof buying it. It first started when I left the car for short periods like filling up with petrol or doing some shopping. It never happened whislt driving though which sounds quite worrying. Then eventually I wouldn't have any power steering at all and the car had to be brought back to the dealers on a recovery vehicle as I was told it was unsafe to drive in that state. After having the second pump fitted there was never another problem with it.

Aug 29th, 2007, 06:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
mab01uk MINI2 Senior Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Local Time: 03:44 AM Posts: 658 Offline	Power steering pump is failing, lots on this if you do a search. This is what you will need:- PS Pump

Aug 29th, 2007, 08:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
oldnell MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gloucester Local Time: 03:44 AM Posts: 992 Offline	You're lucky to have a warning. My power steering pump failed suddenly when I was on a busy roundabout. Could easily have killed someone.

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