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Hello!
Has anybody hade the experiencie with this fault "Power Steering Failure"???
I started my Stilo 1,6 16V yesterday in the evening and that message came on with the red banner of the steering wheel on dashboard.
Now the power steering system doesn´t work. :cry:
I checked the fuses and disconnect the battery also, but it didn´t help.

I will go to service to reset the computer on Monday, but I am not sure if it will help.
 
Could be, but I bought a new battery half year ago, 72 Ah, stronger than original.
 
Low battery not old battery! I can make any battery go low in a few hours, new or old just watch me!
If car's been idle for a while or you've only done short trips then it could easily be low. Charge it up and then try it again.

If it still persists then it's a different ball game and there may be some clues in that post as to what to try then
 
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Will see on Monday after connecting to Examiner. Cross the fingers for me :cool:
 
I´ve just returned from Fiat service.
They plugged it in Examiner and found out these 3 faults:

1. C1001 Low battery
2. C1007 Faulty active element
3. C1013 Faulty control unit

They cleared the faults and everything is OK now.

2-nd and 3-rd fault is bull****, it can´t be, else the reset wouldn´t helped.

So it looks again to battery. :bang:
 
Yes, you were right! (y)
Still can´t believe it. Xmas in March :) It costed me only 15 Euro. :slayer:
 
Hope, that it will hold till the return to my garage in the evening for charging the battery. :worship:
 
After a 1/2 year again - Power Steering Failure :eek:
I visited Fiat service, they plugged the car to Examiner and read these faults:

1. C1007 Faulty active element - intermittent fault
2. C1013 Faulty control unit - intermittent fault

They told me, that they can not erase the faults and that I have to change the whole steering column :cry:

Battery is OK! :confused:

But in the afternoon I tried to remove the fuses which are connected to Power Steering system and turned the ignition on. It beeped and wrote Loose Connection - of course, the fuses were out.
Then I returned these 2 fuses back, started the car, the Power Steering stayed. I decided to park the car in to the garage and check the electronic tommorow aaaannnndddd :eek: during parking the EBD/ASR Failure came out. I restarted the engine EBD Failure disappeared and the Power Steering stayed.

I dont understand this. It looks more for some "cable" or earth problems than the death of steering column. :confused:

Any ideas????? :worship:
 
So, I checked everything what I was able to check. Nothing helped. It looks that the steering definitely died :cry:
 
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I´ve been thinking about buying a second-hand steering column.

I know there is a difference between 3 and 5 door car´s sterring column.
Something else yet?
Any advices what should I focus for?
Does it depend on the production year, or not?
 
Well I went through all this, in the end I just bit the bullet and got a second hand one for £150, faults gone touch wood!
 
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