TheTicketStub

I got my 2001 s in october of 2011 with 62k on the odometer. after having the car for just over a week, the power steering stopped working and the EPS light showed on the dash. however, it literally stopped working overnight. i parked the car with the power steering working, and when i got in it the next day the EPS light came on. I brought it to Honda and they replaced the EPS control unit but that didnt fix it. They offered to replace my steering rack for $2000, but thats out of my price range.

Now, over 1 year later, i decided to take a day to diagnose any problems on my own. i checked all fuses and grounds with my multimeter and found nothing. however, there are only 2.46 volts going to the power steering motor itself. the wire going from the EPS control unit to the steering motor is dropping about 9.5 volts.

Does anybody know if that voltage drop is my problem? im not sure how much voltage should be going to the power steering motor, but i feel like it would require more than 2.46 volts.

_brandon

I have very basic understanding and I am sure the voltage is suppose to fluxuate to turn. Because if the motors had full power on them all the time then the electric motors will turn. I always assumed the way it worked is with positive and negative voltages. I've worked with electronic motors before this is the only reason i am saying this. Plus something seems to be adding up like it should. 2.5 v + 9.5 v = 12 v?

Now I honestly have no idea what I am talking about. Their is a way to pull the code on why the light is on, just not sure how.

zeroptzero

try to get a shop manual it should have all of the test procedures in it, there was one floating around on-line for free. You can pick up a used rack for cheap there always seems to be one available on the for sale forums or post up in the want to buy forum. They aren't too hard to replace.