I was driving home last night and around the first corner the car made an awful noise and i started to worry what it was, it sounded like something pissing out, so i looked temperature was fine, not coolant, wasnt oil and then i came to a corner. I tried to turn the steering wheel and what do ya know power steering died. After wrestling the car home i checked the fluid, it was fine? checked the hoses, they are fine, checked the pump, its fine. I took a look at the belt, it was loose, i took a closer look, the adjusting bracket for tesioning the belt, the one attached to the alternator SNAPPED.

I was like what the ****? I sent it to the mechanic to do, cost me $50 but i didnt care because i couldnt be ****ed doing it.

Im just wondering if anyone has ever had this happen to them or if this is just one weird problem.

i had one of the cables split and leak out all the fluid..

was drivin around for a day to get the replacement hose, its hard as!

fun tho..

Did yours give any indication that it might go?

Mine has a clunk...think I'll get it checked.:think:

mine has its own thread! could be sign lol

the only sign of it happening was when the bracket snapped and started rattling and the belt sliding.

ahh i know is i i woke up one day, went to the garage, reversed the car out only to notice a huge pool of power steering fluid...i have topped her up....and it hasnt happened again.............i have no idea how it happened in the first place!

:confused: !!Update!!

now that i got my car back, its not completely fixed. Power steering is fine, but on hard lock the front left corner of my car makes that sound it made when the bracket broke. The sound is the belt slipping, so i just have to tension it a little bit.

Warning to all people, expect the completely random