It started for a few months of power steering taking a few seconds to kick in, and then it was fine for the rest of my trip no matter how long it was. Recently it died altogether and I cannot get power steering no matter what. Eps lights is on and codes 5 and 33 are present. 5: Open to body ground in the motor circuit
33: EPS Current sensor malfunction

i have no idea what these mean to be honest. Do I need a new eps control module? New rack? New torque sensor? I don’t know what to take for my next steps so any help would be appreciated. On a bit of a budget here and I’m confident enough to replace any of those things myself. I just don’t know which one. Car is a MY00 With 30k miles…

 

I had some EPS issues several years ago with my AP2. It started after the car came out of the body shop for some paint work on the RH side of the front bumper and RH fender. I'll circle back to this later.

I was occasionally getting an EPS light, may have been the same codes but this was back in 2013 and I'm having trouble remembering. In any event, one day I was driving out in the mountains and the EPS shut off in the middle of a higher speed corner. At that point I had enough and instead of going after the body shop, I went after my insurance company. (I had been trying to get support from the body shop since the issue began...no help).

My insurance company replaced all components in the steering system- rack, torque sensor, linkage...EVERY. SINGLE. PART between the steering wheel and the knuckles. The only thing we didn't replace? The EPS module. Guess what? Problem remained.
A short while later I found a used EPS module, swapped it in, and that fixed it for good.

I discussed this with some savvy people, and the most logical reasoning was that they blended the new paint work onto the passenger side and shot it with high heat to speed up the cure time. This was a production body shop that churned out a lot of work...they aren't waiting for paint to cure. Perhaps the localized heat fragged something in the EPS module. I do realize that the EPS module lives in an engine bay, and it's not uncommon to see high temps especially in warm weather with lack of frontal airflow. Ultimately I can't confirm why my old EPS module shit the bed, but it's undeniable that it was trouble free prior to going into the body shop, and immediately started having problems after the body shop.

If you can find a friend with a known good EPS module that they'd be willing to loan you, that'd be great. Or try to find a reasonable deal on a secondhand unit. That'd be my advice. If you want to try to troubleshoot the problem instead of throwing a part at it, that's cool too. Let us know how it goes.

 

Thanks for the help and the story man. Imma go ahead and order a new EPS control module. Sucks that they are so expensive 2nd hand. Cant seem to touch one under $250

 

Your issue ever resolve? I have the dreaded EPS light issue and no p/s as well.