electromechanical power steering any idea how to fix this just came on today orange warning light on dash car is skoda Octavia mk 2 year 05 19 tdi

You'll need to have your car scanned to find out the exact fault as there's a few sensors which would bring a steering fault up.

Without this info there's not a lot you can do.

Could also be battery issue, steering light comes on if voltage is low on startup. I've had this on two VAG cars.

 

Lee

Edited 11 January, 201610 yr by logiclee

only seem to happen when I was messing about in fuse box under bonet,I moved a few fuses  and relay e4,,dont no if that is just coincidence or not,,

 

p,s does any no what relay e4 does

Have you driven it since the light came on?

I have the steering feels funny seems like more play on it

Need a fault code scan.

Meanwhile just try turning it lock to lock and back to centre.

Had power steering light issues with my '56 VRS Tdi since last summer. What caused the issue is unknown but I first noticed it a few days after braking and turning on the wet cattle grid coming off M4 J36, Bridgend.

Has fluctuated between amber warning light and full on red light since, the latter being quite dangerous as you lose power steering altogether whn light is red.

Was scanned by my independent garage who couldn't looate the problem but when in for a service in October I told Sinclair Skoda Swansea, who scanned it also. They said it was a software update issue and nothing much to worry about but said if it happens again to let them know and they'd take another look.

Over Christmas it went red when in a multi-storey car park in Cardiff, not easy trying to negotiate the turns without power-steering, but was fine on restarting the car afterwards, and it has gone amber twice in the last week whilst driving but has gone off itself without me havign to stop the car.

Have changed the battery since Christmas so hopefully that might have been something to do with it but will get it scanned with Skoda when its next in for a service next month.

Will post an update on here then.

If you've been doing something with the fuses then that's the first place to start. Check them all then start the engine and steer all the way to the right then all the way to the left then drive a bit. That should reset it. If that doesn't work then there's a fault somewhere.

 

Hopefully you've just disturbed the fuse.

 

Phil

tried that phil lad been over and done a scan for me says its down to a sensor that fits inside steering column, when I was in fuse boxed I had knocked relay e4 out but cant find what it does