Steering Turn Back Problem

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 30 Jan 2006, 10:44

Hi

I have a 97 Volvo 850 T-5 w/ 91,000Km.

I realized that when I turn the steering wheel and let it go, it would turn back by it self voilently if I don't hold onto it to slow down. Its like the cars doesn't want to turn and always want to center itself. I also drive a mercedes E320 and an Acura RSX and have experienced nothing like this. Is this normal for a 97 850?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 30 Jan 2006, 20:47

An understeer . which you have is better than an oversteer which means your vehicle would turn by itself

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 31 Jan 2006, 17:32

This is taking 45 deg corners at low speeds...
i'm not cornering hard at all though

Tsquared · Post by **Tsquared** » 31 Jan 2006, 17:52

It's not normal for a 96 850. Did this suddenly happen or over a period of time? The problem described in initial post is a problem with the power steering.

BTW: Understeer is when you turn the wheel, but the road feels like it is slippery so the car doesn't turn, or at least only turns half as much as it normally would. In other words, it doesn't steer as much, or "understeers" or it "pushes" forward instead of turning.

Oversteer is when you are going around a curve, and the tail of the car looses grip, and the car goes into a slide. In other words, the car steered too much, or "oversteered" or the back-end of the car came "loose" and swung out. In this case, the rear does not have as much grip as the front.

T2

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 01 Feb 2006, 10:20

Anyone have any idea what may cause this steering turn back?

Tsquared · Post by **Tsquared** » 01 Feb 2006, 18:34

91,000KM/56500miles is not very many on these cars. I would flush the power steering fluid to see if that helped. Since you have not answered if this suddenly happen or if has happened over a period of time, I am going on the assumption that you have the origional fluid.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 01 Feb 2006, 20:33

These cars can have a bad steering rack. I've replaced some in cars with only 50K miles