Maximus Gladius
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- Kevin
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- Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Construction, Gold Mining, Surface Engineer
I have my trucked booked in for this Monday, June 7 for the loss of power steering. I was impressed that the tech reached out to FCA prior to me booking the truck in to see whats up with this problem. He reported that engineers have found the power steering quits due to either a "heat issue" or loose wires, pins, connectors.
I think the "heat issue" makes sense in my case because both times in the last 2 weeks it happened to me, it was hot outside, 77 - 80's F AND the loss of power steering for 4-5 min before it came back on. My gut tells me perhaps the steering module or similar gets hot and shuts down. It takes 4-5 min to cool down enough to reboot itself. I told him it never happened in the winter time. I'm wondering if the steering control module is anywhere close to the exhaust pipes/manifold etc???
It's not the first time I've operated an electrical item until it got hot, shut down, then restarted when it was cool enough. We shall see. They want to check pins and connections first and go from there.
I think the "heat issue" makes sense in my case because both times in the last 2 weeks it happened to me, it was hot outside, 77 - 80's F AND the loss of power steering for 4-5 min before it came back on. My gut tells me perhaps the steering module or similar gets hot and shuts down. It takes 4-5 min to cool down enough to reboot itself. I told him it never happened in the winter time. I'm wondering if the steering control module is anywhere close to the exhaust pipes/manifold etc???
It's not the first time I've operated an electrical item until it got hot, shut down, then restarted when it was cool enough. We shall see. They want to check pins and connections first and go from there.
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