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Mazda RX8 My wife 2004 Mazda RX8 power steering goes out

 
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My wife 2004 Mazda RX8 power steering goes out intermittenly. Whenever it goes out, a picture of the steering wheel appears on the speedometer display. If she turn off the ignition and recrank the car, the power steering is fine. What can she do to fix the car? I am in Iraq. HELP.

 

Country: United States
Make: Mazda
Model: RX8
Year: 2004

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I have not tried anything. I am in Iraq.

Submitted: 784 days and 22 hours ago.
Category: Mazda
Value: $18
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Expert:  tsmodie replied 784 days and 22 hours ago.

Hi, my name is XXXXX XXXXX have a problem, with the connector at the power steering control unit, they can have lose pins in them, we have done alot of them for the intermittent power steering problem, this connecor is the first thing to check,tim

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