Polo Power steering problem!!!

[Gti Dave]

Sounds like a bad earth connection somewhere.

I'd start checking all earth connections and the termination box ontop of the battery.

Checked the earthing connections and nothing wrong there. Just met another polo owner who had the exact same problems and aparently after a while of this happening, the car would no longer start. Long story short, VW replaced the battery under warranty.

Just hope its the same problem and not anything else cause I hate electrical gremlins.

Thanks for everyones input. Much appreciated guys.

[philthy]

Hi guys,

My car has been having issues as described above.

How many earth points are there? There's the main one from the battery to the body, plus another one below and in front of the battery. Any others? Guessing there's one from the motor or alternator to the chassis somewhere.

Have yet to scan for fault codes. I have run my multimeter across the battery (replaced this about 6 months ago), which is reading 12.6 volts with the car off and 14 point something with it running.

[kangfu]

I've recently been getting the temperature alarm on random occasions too when starting the car in the morning. Coolant levels look ok, and the light goes away if I turn off and start the car again.

Haven't had the steering problem. Sounds possibly dangerous!

[bn1986]

Since i fitted the new battery - I've come to notice when the car is stationary and i turn the steering wheel that the headlamps dim quite noticably..

Anyone else noticed this?

[ilz]

Does anyone have an update on this issue? Its started happening to me an a daily basis

[brad]

There are quite a few threads about it. maybe do a bit more searching?

You'll probably find there is corrosion on both ends of the battery earth & positiveve cables. Also corrosion on the wiring going into the power steering and corrosion on the wires & relay / fuse terminals in the box at the front right. Possibly the fuses/ relays are beyond help & need replacement. They all need to be cleaned - maybe check for resistance with an ohm meter.

[philthy]

My earth lead was knackered. Check that you have the same voltage across the 2 battery terminals as you do from the positive battery terminal to somewhere on the car body. (as per post above this could be a corrosion issue as well, but my lead was stuffed)