# Tough steering

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/tough-steering/14444>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 25, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tough-steering/14444 "2008-05-25T20:56:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![coomesm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@coomesm](https://community.cartalk.com/u/coomesm)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tough-steering/14444/1 "2008-05-25T20:56:49Z")

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My wife was driving our '02 Dodge Grand Caravan on the highway and when she accelerated and made a lane change she lost power steering. There wasn’t a noise when this happened or afterward. It was just very very difficult to turn the steering wheel, but it could be done. I checked the fluid and it was ok. Is it the pump for sure?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tough-steering/14444/2 "2008-05-25T21:28:42Z")

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The pump, or a loose belt, or the rack & pinion. I would suggest that you check this out thoroughly before she loses all ability to steer that vehicle.