power steering

[pumaian]

my megane has developed a steering problem its gone lumpy and seems to throw you all over the road i have taken it to a kwik fit place and they are unsure what this is i am not driving the car at the moment it has gotten so bad ,also when th car was jacked up at the garage with the engine running they found it very hard to turn the steering by usung the wheels is this how it should be

[davelowe]

also when th car was jacked up at the garage with the engine running they found it very hard to turn the steering by usung the wheels is this how it should be

No. More info later! Also, what car, year, engine do you have?

[pumaian]

1.6 vvti dynamique 53 plate 5 door

[megane09]

hi mate, did kwikfit check allthe suspension? when i used to work in ATS i have always checked suspension, performed the 'bounce test' whichis basically a test to see if the shocks and springs are ok and then done a full four-wheel-alignment on it,certain things like top strut mounts and various suspension parts can affect the steering in many ways... get them to check and make sure all bushes, suspension legs andshocks are all ok then get them to do a full 4 wheels alignment although on the meggy i dont think you can adjust rears, good luck hope this helps....

[direstraits]

Have you disconnected the battery recently?

[BGB]

Im having an issue with the wifes 225, the steering seems to stick. If you turn hard left (out of a junction), when then going straight it pulls to the left, if you jerk the steering to the right it then behaves normally until you have turn hard again. It does do this to the right at times.

The car was into to reno to have the front brake lines done and i pressume they had the battery off as the car lost its recorded info on the dash.

[direstraits]

Steering has to be initialized after disconnecting the battery.

[BGB]

How is this done?

[direstraits]

I think after reconnecting the battery you need to turn the steering wheel to a certain angle to the left and then to the right (or vice versa), but I am sure someone here knows better than me.