This is a common fault on the corsa it is the electric power steering motor (EPS) it will cost you about £650 to sort.

Argh bollox

How much does the part cost roughly?

Bought the car 2nd hand out of warranty so I’ll have to cough up :(

I thought the actual elecy motor on the power steering was at fault on these, obvisously not.

this allways happns on new corsa's im a mechanic nd iv seen a lot of them with the same fault a new rack will sort it out

no i have herd of this problem before mate, sounds like u need a new steering rack!!
take it to the palce u bought it though and kick up a fuss!!!

the c's have speed sensitive steering so should become heavier at higher speeds

also when at standstill the steering is fine.

I think there is a big problem with the steering on my car which I’m guessing is a dodgy steering rack or electronic motor. When turning left the steering is far too light as normal on a C but on turning right becomes heavy.

Had the car for a week and been doing A-B journeys with only a slight bit of heavy on right turns but tonight on a B road it felt like I was steering something else. The problem worsens at higher speed with the EPS becoming non existent on right turns, I was doing around 60mph and it felt unstable feel almost as if the front wheels were about to fall off.

Any ideas what could be up?


[Edited on 04-11-2005 by Scott_NW]