loss of power steering on cold starts

faysal

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Nov 4, 2016
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when cold starting my 2003 ibiza the dashboard light of steering is on , and there is no power steering, after that i turn the car off start it again and everything back to normal, this only happens in the morning
 

lil3520

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Might be due to your battery.
I had a problem with my power steering. My battery was 8 years old . had a flat battery when I picked car up from airport carpark. Got a jump start . drove home all OK. Went to move car after unloading suitcases. Started car but no power steering.
Got a new battery, no problems again.

Andy
 

faysal

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Nov 4, 2016
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Might be due to your battery.
I had a problem with my power steering. My battery was 8 years old . had a flat battery when I picked car up from airport carpark. Got a jump start . drove home all OK. Went to move car after unloading suitcases. Started car but no power steering.
Got a new battery, no problems again.

Andy

True, i started my car on the second gear with only ignition on so no battery was used to start the car and i have power steering, thank you
 

cheshire cat

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give your battery a charge there is a large current draw not only from the starter but also the power steering pump, I think "they" should have redone the software to kick in the power steering pump just after the starting of the engine but we're stuck with what we have
 

dm222

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ah well p'rhaps someone will move it p.s.how are the turkish lessons going?:whistle:
If you mean what I think, you don't deserve an answer.
I bet I speak better english than you do my language.
 
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