[jugster]

Help please!!

My wife just came home minus our car! She had to abandon it when the electrics went haywire and left her without power steering. She described hearing a humming noise coming from it before a load of dash warning lights started flashing up battery, esp etc.
Then the power steering went and that was that, should i be really worried now

Its an 06 ST3

thanks for any advice you can give

 

[Rich]

Alternator.

 

[Phil]

Sounds like another alternator as Richard says, there have been loads of these failing of late. Shop around for prices if you can as some dealers seem to charge extortionate amounts?

 

[jugster]

QUOTE(hjcrichard @ 16 Dec 2009, 06:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Alternator.

simple as that, thankyou!

 

[jugster]

QUOTE(PHILJB @ 16 Dec 2009, 06:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Sounds like another alternator as Richard says, there have been loads of these failing of late. Shop around for prices if you can as some dealers seem to charge extortionate amounts?

Ok thanks for that I'll post in the North Scotland forum see if anyone can recommend somewhere

 

[troy45]

Power steering is electrically assisted so it's one of the first faults to show up when the electrical system throws it's hand in, alternator being the main culprit.

 

[goonturbo]

where you from chief?