Hey,
I had a few strange problems in the last week and I'm not sure whether they are related or not.
It started with my power steering failing. After work I was just on my way from the parking lot and in the second turn my power steering suddenly decided to stop working (scary!). Strangely enough, after I stopped and restarted the engine, it was working fine again.
Hereafter I had no problems for a week but then, out of nowhere my engine light came on and the engine ran rough (whole car was vibrating). Luckily I wasnt far from home and when I checked it came up with a P0300 random misfires. I let my Saxo sit for a few hours and after that, again, no more problems.
Now yesterday my power steering was failing again, right after driving off but this time only for a second or so. The rest of the ride it was perfectly fine again.
Im starting to suspect some electronic component failing since I read somewhere that the ignition stuff and the power steering share the same circuit. A few months back I occasionally also had problems with starting and a drained (new!) battery but that got fixed after I changed the coilpack.
Could it be that the new coilpack is also faulty (original bosch, looked completely unused, but from ebay) or do you guys have any idea what I can check to narrow it down?
I had a few strange problems in the last week and I'm not sure whether they are related or not.
It started with my power steering failing. After work I was just on my way from the parking lot and in the second turn my power steering suddenly decided to stop working (scary!). Strangely enough, after I stopped and restarted the engine, it was working fine again.
Hereafter I had no problems for a week but then, out of nowhere my engine light came on and the engine ran rough (whole car was vibrating). Luckily I wasnt far from home and when I checked it came up with a P0300 random misfires. I let my Saxo sit for a few hours and after that, again, no more problems.
Now yesterday my power steering was failing again, right after driving off but this time only for a second or so. The rest of the ride it was perfectly fine again.
Im starting to suspect some electronic component failing since I read somewhere that the ignition stuff and the power steering share the same circuit. A few months back I occasionally also had problems with starting and a drained (new!) battery but that got fixed after I changed the coilpack.
Could it be that the new coilpack is also faulty (original bosch, looked completely unused, but from ebay) or do you guys have any idea what I can check to narrow it down?
as above, but don't come to the UK just to go to halfords, you will be very disappointed 
