Stiffness In Steering Wheel

[RoughRider]

Hi friends,

Recently I experienced a sudden sound generating from underneath of my car, Nissan N16 - 2000 model, when i started to move from 01st gear. It gradually decreased when i moved into higher gears. After a while I experienced a little stiffness in my steering wheel & this kept on increasing in the same ride making it so hard to turn the car. I somehow managed to drive back home with unbearable stiffness in the steering & wonder why this had happened so quickly since I used to service my car at regular intervals.

Kindly let me know the reason for this as I'm clueless about it & appreciate if you all could suggest me a good place around Kiribathgoda area to get the problem fixed.

Cheers.

[Nishan.dj]

First, I have no idea how N16 engines work. But commonly I can suggest below tips for you.

• Hope that you don't get any sounds from the engine that causes from a loosen belt?
• Check the power steering oil level and make sure its full. If its empty, then you have a problem and you need to get the PS pump inspected.
• Your belt that drives the power steering pump is broken. Inspect it well.
• Your power steering pump is giving problems. In this case, you need to get the PS pump inspected.

Hope this helps to detect the problem at your level.

[Davy]

To add to Nishan.dj's comment, it could be due to an oil leak in the power steering system as well. A gradual increase of stiffness in the steering can be due to the loss of oil as pressure builds up in the system.