Anyway to bypass variable effort steering?
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Racer
Joined: Feb 2016
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From: St. Louis Missouri
Anyway to bypass variable effort steering?
Hey everyone, I have been getting the Service Vehicle Soon message off and on for the past couple months. I check it every time with my bluetooth OBD scanner and it comes up with nothing. So I went to an autoparts store and borrowed one of their fancier scanners. I get a C0450 code which says there is a problem with my variable effort steering. My steering is sort of loose and jerky feeling a low speeds. It's not that big of a deal to me because it either seems to fix itself or when the message pops up it seems to shut off the system and my steering is just a bit stiffer at lower speeds. Is there any way to just not have the variable effort steering system turn on? I tried just unplugging it, but the message popped up immediately. I'd like for the message to stay away and I'm fine with the steering being a little more stiff at slower speeds. Any help or guidance would be much appreciated! Thanks!
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Racer
Joined: Feb 2016
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From: St. Louis Missouri
No snarkyness taken, but honestly I just had the balancer replaced and don't feel like shelling out the extra money to get something replaced that I can live without.
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Here is a PDF of the steering component of a service manual to maybe help you troubleshoot and fix it yourself.
Good luck
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Racer
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 474
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From: St. Louis Missouri
This is a good thought, but the steering issue was apparent before the balancer was replaced. Thanks for the PDFs I will go through the system with fine tooth comb this weekend and see if I can't fix the issue myself.
