I heard a sort of whining noise coming from the front of the car as I was parking and my steering wheel was 3/4 of the way turned to the right. It made the sound like when you are out of power steering fluid. I checked the fluid level for the power steering and it was full. It made the noise once again as I was backing into my driveway. Today I didn't hear it. Could this possibly be a sign that the power steering pump is starting to go bad?


2002 Cavalier

Might be. The shaft seal on mine failed and the fluid was draining back into the crankcase. On a 2.4L it will do that.

I would wait until the pump totally failed before replacing.

You might consider changing the PS fluid. That might help.

Ooops I mispelled steering.
Is there any danger with the power steering pump going out while you are driving?


2002 Cavalier

Nope there wouldn't really be that much of a danger, you would just loose power steering and possibly have a constant whine from the pump.

Obviously if you lost power steering when cornering though it probably would be a bit of a shock depending on what speed you were doing and could possibly throw you off a bit lol.


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