Power steering warning lamp

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Batterys been eliminated .Just fitted a new 70ah 640cca 096 ,no difference .
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Battery replaced with a 70ah 640cca 096 ,no difference .
Borrowed an ancient laptop that had VCDS lite ,thew basic free version and found these faults .Can,t copy n paste results as laptop couldn,t handle a USB drive ,here goes ,

COMMON
08 AUTO HVAC
00819 HIGH PRESSURE SENSOR (G65)
07-00 SIGNAL TOO LOW
00819 SHAREWARE VERSION
31-10 PLEASE REGISTER/ACTIVATE


09 CENT ELEC
01309 POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE (J500)
49 -00 NO COMMUNICATION


17 INSTRUMENTS
01309 POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE (J500)

49 - 00 NO COMMUNICATION

19 CAN GATEWAY
01309 POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE (J500)
49 - 00 NO COMMUNICATION



01309 SHOWED IN ELECTRONICS 1 IN 09 , 17 , 19

Are these results pointing to (hopefully ) the pump itself ?
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Re: Power steering warning lamp

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That does point to the pump, though have a good check of all the fuses both inside the car and in the engine bay before you go replacing it.

The Air con error is possibly because there is low refrigerant
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Cheers Alex .I`ve checked every fuse in car and on top of battery ,all fine ,even the strip fuses .

Ebay have used pumps with same part number for £60 ish .It looks an ok job to change the pump so if I can get one with a 30 day warranty it may be worth a punt compared to a recon unit .

Regarding the AC ,its never worked .
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Car is now back on the road .
After considering a recon pump I found a guaranteed working used pump for £45 .All fitted ,fresh fluid and it seems fine ,no PAS light on dash and steering feels lighter .
I did a full scan and got 1 new code - 44 00816 power steering sensor (G250)
37-10 Faulty Intermittent

The existing codes relating to J500 all cleared .

Could this code be from having the sensor unplugged from pump and rack at certain times I`ve been trying to fix the problem ?
I`ve cleared codes and will scan later to see if that code returns .

Thanks for all advice /info given , its helped a lot .Cheers .
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All you can do is check the fault log now and again, could be that there is a problem with the sensor or its wiring, time will tell.
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Hi NoFeeling,

What happened in the end regarding your intermittent power steering problem? I have s similar one, and the garage wants to replace the power steering unit, which would cost more than my car is worth.
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Hi NoFeeling,

What happened in the end regarding your intermittent power steering problem? I have s similar one, and the garage wants to replace the power steering unit, which would cost more than my car is worth.
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Re: Power steering warning lamp

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Hi NoFeeling,

What happened in the end regarding your intermittent power steering problem? I have s similar one, and the garage wants to replace the power steering unit, which would cost more than my car is worth.
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Re: Power steering warning lamp

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A 2nd hand pump sorted it , still going strong 6 years later .
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