# Power steering problem? - 2004 Mini Cooper

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-steering-problem-2004-mini-cooper/52978>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mini, cooper, steering\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-steering-problem-2004-mini-cooper/52978 "2010-08-04T19:09:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Blakely21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f17d59/32.png) [@Blakely21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Blakely21)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-steering-problem-2004-mini-cooper/52978/1 "2010-08-04T19:09:58Z")

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I was driving my car home from the store today and it all of a sudden got really hard to turn the steering wheel. I was able to get it home and I tried to check the power steering fluid. Unfortunately, I don’t know where to look after I pop the hood and my owner’s manual didn’t mention anything about power steering in general, much less where to go to check the fluid. So I decided to take the car in to the shop. When I started driving again, the steering was fine. It felt just like it normally does. I drove around for a little while to see if the problem would come back, but it never did. Should I still take the car to the shop? Any ideas why this might have happened?