If you look at the motor that's attached to the rack, you might not believe there's any weight to save over a hydraulic setup. Plus, what you gain by eliminating the parasitic pump you may lose in driving the alternator harder. The electric PS motor draws a decent amount of current.milehighXR wrote:Lower weight by not having pump, hoses, or hydraulic rack. More MPG(and HP) by not having parasitic loss from driving the pump, of course these are logical assumptions...
Say WHAT? As if such a thing can "cure itself," and if it did, that it's not of grave concern to have steering control? I don't THINK so...turboplz wrote:I'm fairly certain mine is going back in next week to have the steering looked at. After a few minutes of highway driving, when you make small corrections coming off center, the steering wheel "gives" and jumps to the direction you were correcting towards. Then you quickly try to make another small correction and it does the same thing, "gives" then jumps. It is kind of nerve wrecking on the interstate.
I've researched this issue and apparently it isn't one of a kind. Many people have reported that it is a bad steering rack/controller. After a new rack is installed, the problem goes away. Talked to the dealership about it today and they said to give it a week and if it isn't gone, they will give me a loaner car and work on it until they cure it issue.
I noticed the same symptom in a Focus I rented. Didn't bother investigating but told agency on return. That was the only Focus/Fusion/C-Max I noticed it on, of many I've rented over the last 1½ years.turboplz wrote:I'm fairly certain mine is going back in next week to have the steering looked at. After a few minutes of highway driving, when you make small corrections coming off center, the steering wheel "gives" and jumps to the direction you were correcting towards. Then you quickly try to make another small correction and it does the same thing, "gives" then jumps. It is kind of nerve wrecking on the interstate.
I've researched this issue and apparently it isn't one of a kind. Many people have reported that it is a bad steering rack/controller. After a new rack is installed, the problem goes away. Talked to the dealership about it today and they said to give it a week and if it isn't gone, they will give me a loaner car and work on it until they cure it issue.
