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Basically, power steering is not working properly and making my car very unpredictable when driving.

It seems to have a mind of its own, most of the time its smooth and feels great but on the odd occasion, sometimes more on often on certain days it becomes very stiff and jerky, making turns very uncomfortable. When stiff and jerky it tends to want to steer in anti-clockwise direction - to the left.

Any one experienced this problem?

any help appreciated cheers.

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Hey bud,

I had a recent problem with my R32.. the steering would jerk and the hicas light would flash.. it turned out that my grounding in the car had started to rust and the power steering circuit wasn't getting enough voltage. So, if you haven't already.. check your grounding points, should be right next to battery and onto the chassis.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,

D.

yeah my hicas warning light is driving me insane... also have installed a lock bar and just looped the lines at the back where the hicas bar used to sit.

I'll have a look if theres any rust in my grounding point, thanks dnissan.

Might also have a look into the steering box thanks also htial.

any more suggestions?

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