03 Camry LE - Steering very hard to turn - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

fawad · 01-04-2009, 07:35 PM

Hi,

For a week now, my steering wheel has become very hard to turn.
Power steering fluid is fine.

Few weeks ago, the car slipped and the tire hit the curb, but it was driving fine after that.

I took it to dealer yesterday but it was closed, today as well. Today it was extremely hard, so I took it to Canadian tire and paid for an estimate.

They said, that the Steering Fork/York? Joint needs to be freed up, it is a common problem with Camrys and requires 3 hours to disassemble/reassemble the steering.

I have done searches and not found any one else facing a similar problem on toyotanation. There is no sound, the steering is just very hard, not all the way around, but it sorta goes between hard and soft as you turn the wheel. Tire pressure is also ok in all the wheels.

I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions? I will take it to Toyota tomorrow, I would rather have them take something totally apart than Canadian Tire.

My car has 153k kms on it.
Thank you.

fawad · 01-05-2009, 12:19 PM

At toyota dealerIts the steering york joint that's close to seazing. Told that it cannot be fixed but needs to be replaced. $600!!!!

njerald · 01-05-2009, 12:53 PM

You play, you pay.................

fawad · 01-05-2009, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by njerald

You play, you pay.................

huh? You play you pay??? I dont get it.

MrSo0h0o · 01-05-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by fawad

huh? You play you pay??? I dont get it.

njerald is our resident douche. He likes to tell people to read the manual or search, etc. Sometimes it is warranted, sometimes it is not.

Basically he means that if you want to drive a car, expect things to break and the need to fix it. At 153K km, something is bound to break.

fawad · 01-05-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by MrSo0h0o

njerald is our resident douche. He likes to tell people to read the manual or search, etc. Sometimes it is warranted, sometimes it is not.

Basically he means that if you want to drive a car, expect things to break and the need to fix it. At 153K km, something is bound to break.

Oh I get it.
Things do break, I wasnt expecting someone to save the day... I was just curious if other people had run into a similar issue. I have never seen this issue on any car before, which includes accords, civics, corollas, etc.

warpedrotor · 01-05-2009, 05:16 PM

njerald's point is that the yoke is on you. Sorry I couldn't help it.