My steering wheel won't turn, what could it be?
I own a 1996 Honda Accord and the cars steering wheel barely turns. It happened this morning, I started the car up and as I was leaving the parking lot when all of a sudden the steering wheel didn't want to turn all the way, it would stop at a certain degree and not turn anymore. When your accelerating the car it's able to turn better but extremely rough and you can feel it "stop and go" every time you turn it. Yesterday I found out my power steering pump was leaking, however, the reservoir was still full, could this still be the problem?
Your power steering pump is bad. Usually they eak because of some malfunction with the shaft or impellers.
You or a friend might be able to do that yourself, or any garage should be able to replace that.
Yep def your power steering pump is bad. I had the same problem with a 1995 accord and they are pretty much the same. I paid $140 including the core charge and $70 to install.
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