Hello all,
I just got a 2011 panda with 42k miles for £900 the other day. I thought it was a bargain as it has an MOT until january and the previous was clean. Low mileage, new clutch, tires, battery etc. I took it for a test drive with no issues at all, but on the drive back the power steering cut out randomly, but fixed after an engine restart. Fast forward to yesterday, I was out in the car in the evening for an hour with no issues at all, so I assumed the fault was due to the battery being low from sitting for a while, but this morning the power steering failed from the beginning. Battery is fine, car starts with no problem at all. No sign alternator is at fault and I have cleaned the earth connections to the battery.
I am just confused here because this case seems to be a little different from the rest. The EPS was completely fine the night before, then completely dead the next morning. I've got a £5 ebay OBD2 scanner coming tomorrow, but is there anything else I can do to try to bring it back to life in the mean time.
I want to spend as little money fixing this as possible, so any free/cheap tests I can do to narrow this problem down would be very helpful.
If it comes to needing to spend hundreds on a garage to fix it I will just disconnect the steering and deal with it until the MOT runs out before scrapping it I reckon.
I just got a 2011 panda with 42k miles for £900 the other day. I thought it was a bargain as it has an MOT until january and the previous was clean. Low mileage, new clutch, tires, battery etc. I took it for a test drive with no issues at all, but on the drive back the power steering cut out randomly, but fixed after an engine restart. Fast forward to yesterday, I was out in the car in the evening for an hour with no issues at all, so I assumed the fault was due to the battery being low from sitting for a while, but this morning the power steering failed from the beginning. Battery is fine, car starts with no problem at all. No sign alternator is at fault and I have cleaned the earth connections to the battery.
I am just confused here because this case seems to be a little different from the rest. The EPS was completely fine the night before, then completely dead the next morning. I've got a £5 ebay OBD2 scanner coming tomorrow, but is there anything else I can do to try to bring it back to life in the mean time.
I want to spend as little money fixing this as possible, so any free/cheap tests I can do to narrow this problem down would be very helpful.
If it comes to needing to spend hundreds on a garage to fix it I will just disconnect the steering and deal with it until the MOT runs out before scrapping it I reckon.
- Model
- Panda Active 1.2
- Year
- 2011
- Mileage
- 43000