2023bluepowerwagon
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OK, I can't believe that I am the only person that has a problem with this electric power steering system. With the design and engineering effort they put into making the Power Wagon the truly capable, feature rich, behemoth that it is, I would have to say they really missed the bus on this steering. When you get in trouble and are either sinking in mud, or wheel stuck between two rocks, this system(unlike EVERY analog steering system ever!), this power steering Absolutely just stops. Anyone who is not new to the off road world, knows the steering is a very valuable tool for self recovery. This heavy truck should have a power steering pump that can free lift the entire 8,000 lb weight of the truck. Spoiler alert!: it doesn't.*
My entire power steering system just self destructed. (In a parking lot, not out in the wild) According to the tech at the dealership: "The steering pump blew up, and that sent metal debris through the rest of the system". On a positive note, it is covered under warranty. On the not so good side, it will be almost 3 weeks until the back ordered components come in, they are only covering 10 days with a loaner vehicle, and the $50 a day they authorized, isn't enough to pay for a truck. That is only enough to get a sedan or foreign suv. That isnt going to get the bike to the track, the garbage to the dump, or any other reason that I specifically bought a truck for.
$1500 a month to drive a Kia Sorento? Um, I will stop ranting now. Love my truck, but this is incredibly frustrating.
If anyone is still reading, thanks for your time. Unfortunately, you will never get it back, and for that I am sorry!
*in hind sight: it is possible that my eps had always been defective, and therefore the weakness isn't atypical. We shall see after the replacement.
My entire power steering system just self destructed. (In a parking lot, not out in the wild) According to the tech at the dealership: "The steering pump blew up, and that sent metal debris through the rest of the system". On a positive note, it is covered under warranty. On the not so good side, it will be almost 3 weeks until the back ordered components come in, they are only covering 10 days with a loaner vehicle, and the $50 a day they authorized, isn't enough to pay for a truck. That is only enough to get a sedan or foreign suv. That isnt going to get the bike to the track, the garbage to the dump, or any other reason that I specifically bought a truck for.
$1500 a month to drive a Kia Sorento? Um, I will stop ranting now. Love my truck, but this is incredibly frustrating.
If anyone is still reading, thanks for your time. Unfortunately, you will never get it back, and for that I am sorry!
*in hind sight: it is possible that my eps had always been defective, and therefore the weakness isn't atypical. We shall see after the replacement.
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