# Car keeps steering without me?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-keeps-steering-without-me/54617>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** sl, saturn\
**Created:** [September 3, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-keeps-steering-without-me/54617 "2010-09-03T19:36:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![mewood02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@mewood02](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mewood02)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-keeps-steering-without-me/54617/1 "2010-09-03T19:36:07Z")

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When I make a hard turn, for example, into a parking spot, my steering wheel continues to turn by itself all the way in the direction I was going (no hands!). I know that the tires have not been great lately and I should probably replace them, so I hope that’s it, but I wanted to see if anyone knew more before I started spending all of my money on it. THANKS!

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-keeps-steering-without-me/54617/2 "2010-09-03T20:22:32Z")

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Your steering rack, specifically the spool valve portion of it, is malfunctioning. You need a new rack assembly.

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**Author:** ![kizwiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@kizwiki](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kizwiki)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-keeps-steering-without-me/54617/3 "2010-09-05T01:18:51Z")

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replace the front tires too