Re: A4- Heavy steering at low engine revs.

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Andrew Duane USG/PE writes:
> Hairy green toads from Mars made Geoff_Whelan@3com.com say:
> > I have a 97 A4 1.8TQ and I have been experiencing heavy steering effort
> > required when the engine revs are down around 1000 or less. I park in a
> > multi tiered car park and when driving around at idle in second the
> > steering wheel appears to have no power assist and I need to shift down to
> > 1st to get the revs up and then its more manoeuvrable.
> 
> Sounds like your servotronic steering assist has stopped working.
> Note: many of us here consider this a good thing. I disconnected
> mine to get some feel back in the car.
> 
> Pop the relay box under the hood, and look for a relay labelled
> "SERVOTRONIC". Pull it, and see if the steering feel changes
> any more, especially at lower speeds. If not, the servotronic
> died. If so, it's something else.
> 
> You can get the dealer to fix it if you want, but I would rather
> mine stayed "broken".

I don't think the A4's power steering system is Servotronic.  Also,
the relay box on an A4 is not under the hood.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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