How to lossen the steering wheel? Help
11-13-2008 | 07:57 PM
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How to lossen the steering wheel? Help
Hi so for my daily driving my steering wheel is awefully hard to use with one hand because it is soo stiff. Is there anyway you can free it up so it can be loosened? Thanks for the help guys. I looked at the manual and it didnt say anything.
11-13-2008 | 11:36 PM
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are you sure its not because you dont have the strength to steer the steering wheel...? well anyways i actually like the steering being stiff because it feels like you are more incontrol of the car
11-14-2008 | 01:16 AM
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Yeah im planning on maybe going into the dealership, and its not the weight thing im sure haha. i weigh around 160 so that shouldnt be a problem. Yeah like i like being stiff but this stiff is too bad. I cant even park wit 1 hand n this is for parallel
11-14-2008 | 04:51 AM
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then maybe theres a problem with you power steering then. well i have a suggestion for you before you bring it into the dealer... why not just see if there are anybody on this board which is near by you and ask them to see if you can try to steer their steering wheel and see if its same with yours or not.
11-15-2008 | 12:10 AM
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Lol love your guy's jokes. But it started when i first got the car which was like 5 months ago. I just noticed now compared to other peoples car that my wheel is pretty darn stiff haha. -_- n my friends were always telling me to loosen it up but it wasnt in the manual.
11-15-2008 | 03:52 PM
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Keep in mind you have electronic motor for power assist. if it takes more then normal effort you may want to run it up to the dealer and see what they think. I would go to a dealer and try a new cars steering feel also.....doesn't matter if the car isn't the same but the feel should be similar.
looks like a steering wheel??
11-15-2008 | 04:02 PM
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That's what I was thinking................if he has a problem with the connectors or whatever, it should pick it up and he should have the dash light on. If not, then he needs to go find another RX8 and drive it to see if it's just him. WTF?
11-15-2008 | 05:44 PM
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yea we have electronic steering so check the cconnections but unless u know about electronic steering i would just take it to the dealer....if still under warranty just take it to the dealer now do not even check for anything tht is what warranty is for
11-18-2008 | 10:54 PM
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http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?i...7081717vd2.jpg
Do you guys mean that handling picture on the top left with "!"?
Do you guys mean that handling picture on the top left with "!"?
11-19-2008 | 01:48 AM
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If you're under warranty take it in..otherwise check the connectors under the coolant overflow bottle....they get corroded and the connection screws with the CAN bus signals......and the power steering quits working. It's usually the smaller connector
11-19-2008 | 03:10 AM
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the little wheel shouldn't be there either. The fact that it's lit at all is an indication that you have a problem.
On a related note... driving cars without power steering can be a pain. Drove a friend's 7 with the power steering removed and was surprised at first because I didnt know that it had no power steering... went to turn the wheel like I would usually turn my wheel and it barely budged lol.
On a related note... driving cars without power steering can be a pain. Drove a friend's 7 with the power steering removed and was surprised at first because I didnt know that it had no power steering... went to turn the wheel like I would usually turn my wheel and it barely budged lol.
