Alright, looks like the new power steering pump did the trick and the car is now fixed! One thing I noticed was that the hose clamp on the suction hose from the reservoir to the ps pump was loose and the pump was likely intermittently sucking in air and momentarily stalling the engine. I used to hav...

Alright, so I had a bit of free time today, so I tried to recreate the problem again without getting on the busy road that my garage is right next to. My gas tank is a little over half full, I tried driving around slow, faster, braking, multiple 3 point u-turns in both directions, etc. - no results,...

I checked whether it's speed-assisted yesterday and I didn't see any solenoid or electrical connector on the rack, just two hard lines going to it so I assume it's a basic non-assisted rack. Yes, I do have VIDA Dice so I'll double check just in case. As for fluid, I used red ATF which I got from a V...

Hey all, I'm losing my mind (whatever's left of it anyway) trying to figure out this issue with my 2002 S60 2.3 T5. The steering wheel is intermittently stiff, sometimes feeling like it completely locks up mid-turn and the engine stalls for a second at the same time :shock: . It only happens while d...