Power steering question

[DocRags]

Ed (Erags) and I just completed an almost 1000 mile ride this past week; we combined a trip to babysit our youngest grandchild with riding the Natchez Trace (Natchez to Tupelo, anyway) and attending the Natchez Wine & Food Festival. We saw two Spyders on the Trace and met a Spyder owner at the Wine Festival (Jester, from Natchez). The past two days it seems as though the power steering on our RT is sometimes working and sometimes not. Ed noticed it, as well, when he was driving the RT. Anyone else had this problem? We're taking his Spyder in for service work on Tuesday and the RT will most likely go in once we have the RS back. The RT has just under 15,000 miles on it. Thanks for your feedback/ideas.

 

[DrewNJ]

Check the battery connections right at the battery. I had the same thing happen last year. No codes, just intermittent power steering.


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[NancysToy]

As was said, check the battery connections. Also check that the rear frame ground (and front if you can get at it) is tight. The rear frame grtound is the negative jumper terminal under the seat. My DPS was just replaced. It apparently wasn't working for a while, but I did not notice until it started kicking out in mid-turn, then finally went into limp mode with a warning. Hard thing to accurately diagnose, depending on the problem.

 

[Erags]

Looks like I have work layed out

So this week I will have to take her RT apart and double check both ground connections, Thank every one for the help

 

[Bob Denman]

Good Luck! Please let us know whatyou find! :thumbup:

 

[DocRags]

Thanks, everyone. :thumbup: I'll put my personal mechanic to work on it ASAP!