power steering and brake problem
william Diaz
12-19-2004, 11:42 PM
About 3 days ago i put my astro on reverse and the steering whent completely hard and the brakes where hard to press down and were not baking wright. I checked the power steering fluid and it was empty.I replaced the fluid and turned the steering wheel about 15 time and still its hard to steer what should i do.
CD Smalley
12-20-2004, 05:44 AM
Sounds like the hydroboost unit has failed. This unit is used to generate the brake boost, like a vacuum booster on other cars. It is ran by the power steering fluid. It could also be a failed pump, but given the sudden nature of the failure....
Can you see where the leak is at??
Can you see where the leak is at??
jtb74168621
01-27-2005, 11:45 AM
My powersteering pump quit working while in the shop. What happened in this case was the pump shaft broke. It cost me about $350 if I remember correctly.
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