[Power steering Failure - Can I still drive it?]

Quick Update,

I checked the connectors around the starter motor as suggested and two of the cables were broken. I repaired these and are now sound. I also discovered that the pump was covered in foam and a plastic case which was soaking in water. I guess this is the cause of the problem, that the pump's electrics are soaked through and have become faulty. I cleaned it up and dried it best I could. I also removed the steering sensor (previously replaced 2 years ago) and cleaned it and gave it a squirt of wd40, possibly not the best thing to do? Over the weekend it has worked fine a couple of times, but not worked since Monday morning now.

Just done another vagcom Scan and got these faults

00566 - Steering Assistance Operation: Implausible Signal

01288 - Terminal 30; Steering Assist

00816 - Power Steering Sensor (G250)

00817 - ??

01290 - ??

I've cleared these off and will check again when I get to work.

I presume this would mean that the pump is completely gone now. Can anyone advise? Reading the Haynes manual it seems a fairly straight forward job to change. I've also read somewhere that there is/was two different makes of pump, as far as I can tell (its written on the filler cap) mines a TRW. Are these interchangeable, or is there been an updated revised model. I'd like to get this fixed as soon as possible for the convenience, and the possible legal side of things.

Lastly how much fluid does the PAS system need for a full drain/refill?

Thanks for reading.

Did replacing your pump fix this for you? I have exactly the same issue.

[Fabia power steering problems?]

Hi Guys, I have a 2001 Fabia 1.9 SDI..last winter I had the PAS warning light come on. On restarting the engine the light went out and Power Steering was restored, it only occured over a couple of the worst weeks of the weather last year and was fine from spring up until this winter. This winter the exact same has happend but this time the light has stayed on, and I have no PAS. I have plugged in VAG-Com / VDS Lite and I get the following fault codes:

Address 44: Steering Assist Labels: 6q0-423-156.LBL

Controller 6q0 423 156 H

Component LenkhilfeTRW

Coding 00110

1 Fault found:

00566 - Steering assistance operation

27-00 Implausible Signal.

Can anyone help with fixing this? I had an error on the airbag too that said Supply Voltage B+ Signal too low but this error cleared, could it be the alternator has been dicky and has fried the PAS control module?

Any suggestions, help much appreciated.

Mark.