200q20v Brake and Steering Failure

[Ti Kan]

Alexander van Gerbig writes:
>     When will mothers across America learn to listen to their sons?  Well
> maybe this is just a malady in my house, but I have been telling me mother
> for a few months that her car is going to fall apart if she doesn't get a
> whole host of work done on it.  Of course she doesn't do this and while
> driving in town today she lost her brakes and steering simultaneously,
> according to her; must be a hydraulic problem.  The funny thing about that
> is the hydraulic hoses were just replaced last month, funny how the only
> system that has new parts in it fails.  She actually said there was no fluid
> loss, which is a bit odd, and no warning lights.  Anyone have another idea?

Snapped power steering pump belt?

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
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