Hello,
I am having power steering problems. I am unbable to turn the vehicle left or right especially from a dead stop. It is extremely stiff and makes some noise. Seems okay on high speed on the road. Any suggestions as to what to check.

Take a look at this and other posts about this notorious fault. http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic8893.html

Good luck  - 2007(57) XS Auto, Rimini Red, Alpaca Leather.
- GCS Hawke - Sports, BRG, Vulcan 2.1 inj'. My toy - built it myself in 2001.

Thanks will try it even though my vehicle is a 2010 model.

Amazing I took the vehicle for service which was due and asked them to check the power steering problems. In shock because they want to replace the power steering rack and pump in addition to replacing the fluid and reservoir. The car is out of warranty.

No choice but to drain and replace the fulid and reservoir myself and see if it works.

thank god for the forum I found the post as a guest , now a member , fixed my power steering problem following the procedure in http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic8893.html, too late at the weekend to get a new reservoir , back fushed the old one out and washed out , this only give me a little bit better steering ordered a new reservoir from Hunters Norwich on ebay, arrived within 24 hours , a quick fit tonight, with only a partial oil drain an HEY PRESTO power steering back to normal and no whine ( apart from the wife "how much did you spend ")