Drove through a puddle, steering froze up!

[verboten at michiganvw.org (Jason)]

you most likely got water on the power steering belt making it slip.
that happens a bit because the belt is so low.
the newer cars have splash guards covering the power steering area for this
very reason :)

On 7/8/06, Craig Steiner <steiner_ca@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I drove through a rather large puddle the other day, slowly of course, and
> suddenly my steering froze up.  By "froze up"  I mean that I was in a turn
> when it happened and had much difficulty turning the wheel back to
> continue
> straight ahead at the completion of the turn.  What would have caused
> this?
> The water wasn't too deep, maybe 2-3 inches.  As soon as I was out of the
> water, normal steering resumed.  No noises, flickering lights or other
> symptoms present.  Speed at the time was approx. 20 - 25 mph.
>
> Craig
> '88 Alpine White 16V
>
>
>
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