Power Steering failure

[PaulBond]

Hi All
I have had the intermittent warnings of Power Steering Error" for about a year. These used to clear when using the now recognised Grenadier usual method of turning the thing off, beating it with a birch branch for at least 10 minutes (other types of tree may work) and then restating it. Fine. The dealer claims to know nothing of it and as always claims I am the only one on the planet with this problem.

However, at the weekend the steering failed, not error, failed. I could barely move the car with no power steering.

It now rests with the dealer, who reported that when it came off the recovery truck all was fine!

Anyone else had this?

 

[Logsplitter]

Hi All
I have had the intermittent warnings of Power Steering Error" for about a year. These used to clear when using the now recognised Grenadier usual method of turning the thing off, beating it with a birch branch for at least 10 minutes (other types of tree may work) and then restating it. Fine. The dealer claims to know nothing of it and as always claims I am the only one on the planet with this problem.

However, at the weekend the steering failed, not error, failed. I could barely move the car with no power steering.

It now rests with the dealer, who reported that when it came off the recovery truck all was fine!

Anyone else had this?

Yes I had exactly this in the first two months of ownership. Three times on a recovery truck. It was very frustrating
First time the power steering fault could not be replicated at the dealers so a software update and reboot of the system was carried out. A couple of weeks later it happened again at a busy intersection with traffic lights. This time the “ gateway control unit “ was replaced. Again a couple of weeks a later and power steering failed again’ this time at a motorway service station. Another long wait for the AA. This time the fault was not intermittent but permanently disabled power steering. This time the power steering pump was replaced and has been fine for the last two years. The most frustrating thing at the time was the waiting for parts to get the issue sorted. I hope parts delivery is quicker now.
Good luck with getting the issue sorted.