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[ShadowsPapa]

Ok yeah that's what I was thinking, assuming electrical power was actually being supplied in that situation.

I'll go stall mine and try tomorrow now that I'm curious.

I am curious, too - but please do it safely! No need anyone getting hurt for science.

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[redriderjf87]

I am curious, too - but please do it safely! No need anyone getting hurt for science.

For sure, I'll just put it in reverse in my driveway, it will stall easily enough haha

 

[seven30]

Technically, yeah. I've never had my JT engine die while driving to see what happens. So can't say that it's totally dead or not dead.
The one thing I'd see is that you wouldn't want it to just run - it would be a battery killer. You would need it to interface with the steering gear as sort of an on-demand situation. Start turning the wheel, the pump starts up.
Maybe someone with a manual transmission can purposely stall their engine and see if they still have power steering. That's going to be the only way to know for sure how that works as so far, the engines have died because of some fault detected so the PCM shuts things down. You can't kill the engine with the switch, you'd have to have it die with no electrical issues, like a stall, to know exactly how it is going to act.

Bingo. Manual, stall it and no power assist. I wonder if they forgot about that with the manual.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

For sure, I'll just put it in reverse in my driveway, it will stall easily enough haha

Sounds like me trying to back my SX4 up the driveway - I swear the thing is capable of 90 mph in reverse. Low is plenty low, I can idle up hills, but reverse - killer.
I'm curious, but frankly, maybe it's my having dealt with steering with no power for decades, so I'm not bugged if it doesn't have power with engine stall. It's never been a problem, at least not to this point. Maybe as I get even older........

There is obviously a reason if it doesn't, but of course, we're all armchair engineers and know better HA

 

[rubi2022sc]

Got the jeep back today. Battery and fuse strips replaced. I am glad it was a quick and easy fix.

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