Citroen Saxo - Power steering keeps going off

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Sat 9 Jul 2011 20:27
Citroen Saxo - Power steering keeps going off - mingmong
Evening all,

My dear old saxo`s power steering has an intermitent problem. One minute it works the next is doesnt?

Ive looked on various forums on the net, and have come to the conclusion that its either the relay or the pump itself! But does anyone know where the relay is? Ive looked in the fuse box inside the car and there are a few relays there, but i dont know which one is related to the power steering. Ive looked in the hand book and it lists the fuses but not the relays, so can anyone help?

The car is a 2000 W reg VTR, she`s done 146k miles.

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Sat 9 Jul 2011 20:48
Citroen Saxo - Power steering keeps going off - elekie&a/c doctor

The relay is located in the engine bay,down on the chassis ,near the electric pump.However the most common fault for the pas not working is a fault with the ignition switch.Check to see if the heater blower motor fails at the same time as the power steering.This will usually confirm ignition switch at fault.hth

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Sat 9 Jul 2011 21:26
Citroen Saxo - Power steering keeps going off - mingmong
Thanks for your reply,

The fan blower still works when the power steering doesnt, so i dont think the ignition is the issue!?

You say that the relay is located in the engine bay, do you mean by the power steering electric pump?

I know this sounds daft, but what does the relay look like!?

Edited by mingmong on 09/07/2011 at 21:28

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