2006 TL Power steering question
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2006 TL Power steering question
I took my car in for service this week because of a dead battery and while the car was there, they told me the tech noticed that I had a power steering leak. They said they went ahead and replaced my power steering rack and refilled the steering fluid.
I went to pick up my car yesterday and the steering feels a lot stiffer than before. Is that normal? Is the new rack maybe tuned differently or something? At first I was thinking that I got used to the steering on the loaner (09 TL) but the more I drove mine yesterday the more I started feeling it was too stiff.
Should I take it back in or is this just the way the steering is supposed to feel like in the first place? For reference, while parking, I am having a hard time steering with one hand for example. It was not like that before.
Any comments, thoughts or suggestions appreciated.
Thanks!
I went to pick up my car yesterday and the steering feels a lot stiffer than before. Is that normal? Is the new rack maybe tuned differently or something? At first I was thinking that I got used to the steering on the loaner (09 TL) but the more I drove mine yesterday the more I started feeling it was too stiff.
Should I take it back in or is this just the way the steering is supposed to feel like in the first place? For reference, while parking, I am having a hard time steering with one hand for example. It was not like that before.
Any comments, thoughts or suggestions appreciated.
Thanks!
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I had the exact same problem on my '06 when they replaced the rack. It seems stiffer than it did when new. I also wondered if I had gotten used to the rental car. But when the girlfriend drove it and brought up that the steering was stiff, I was convinced. However it goes away in about 500 miles, nothing to worry about.
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I had the exact same problem on my '06 when they replaced the rack. It seems stiffer than it did when new. I also wondered if I had gotten used to the rental car. But when the girlfriend drove it and brought up that the steering was stiff, I was convinced. However it goes away in about 500 miles, nothing to worry about.
Well, I will just wait like you said.
Thanks for the reply!
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Yeah same thing happened with my car. Fluid in the rack. Once they replaced it they even told me it would seem harder but that was maybe 8 months ago or so and it feels normal to me. But when I get into a different car, i almost jerk the wheel because my TL still seems tight compared to other cars.
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