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The garage I had taken it to reckon that swapping the power steering pump would solve the issue. However, if the issue was the pump would it make sense that the power steering only seems to fault briefly in the coldest of weather and not all the time?

No this is probably the 2nd or 3rd winter now actually, I have been a bit lazy with getting it sorted because as soon as the coldest couples months have past the car seems fine again for the remainder of the year.

I’m taking it into a vw specialist this week, will highlight the battery to them and ...

No this is probably the 2nd or 3rd winter now actually, I have been a bit lazy with getting it sorted because as soon as the coldest couples months have past the car seems fine again for the remainder of the year.

I’m taking it into a vw specialist this week, will highlight the battery to them and ...

So results from the battery health test suggests the battery health is fine and is at 100%. However, I noticed the battery I have in is a 46Ah and 425 CCA (probably cheapest Halfords one). I have seen there are Bosch batteries available for my car with 60-63Ah and 540-610 CCA, could getting a ...

Thanks for the reply, having the battery health looked at today.

“Edit:- also check the charging system, does the charge warning light come on when only the ignition is switched on prior to starting the car? Also, does that light go out as soon as the engine starts running?
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On multiple occasions now, all of which seem to have been on colder days, when going around a roundabout or performing a sharper turn in which the power steering has a high demand on it, the power steering warning light has come on and the power assisted steering stops working and goes heavy ...