aygo power steering

[ballyclover]

hi all.

ok I have a 2007 standard version. it failed its mot due to a broken exhaust manifold. Decided to do the work myself. To my horror I found it must have been in a front end crash as the crash bar was all impacted and radiator badly damaged but not leaking. I have replaced all, took about 3 month on and off due to work. in that time its stayed on the drive. Finished the work yesterday and fired it up. PS light is staying on. I've checked for codes but are none stored. Steering has defiantly gone heavy so its not working. does anyone have a suggestion on where to go next? ECU or steering motor?

 

cheers 

[flash22]

A weak Battery will put the light on, the motor pulls a lot of current, charge or replace the Battery - disconnect the Battery for 20 min or so, so everything resets

[ballyclover]

hi flash. I fully charged the Battery last night and was measuring 13.5 volts when taken off charger. obviously the Battery was disconnected and fault stayed. I do not have any power steering for sure

[flash22]

Anything else not working ? It could have popped a fuse

[ballyclover]

Hi, As far as I can see all is working apart from that. I was wondering if I reset the ECU directly for a moment if that would clear it. Esp as the reader says there is no recorded faults. It is possible the Battery is goosed I suppose- while I think about it I did leave the headlights on while was working on the car, so maybe that ran the Battery down, triggered the ECU low voltage and since the Battery has been fully charged has cleared the code. Maybe unplugging the