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1998 Audi Quattro Repair Question


Topics covered: Steering, Power steering, All wheel drive.
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Asked on May 9, 2008

1998 Audi Quattro Servo-matic power steering


I have a '98 Quattro Wagon (earlier C-4 chassis) and the steering is sometimes (not always) very heavy at low (parking) speeds. Does this car have "servo-matic" power steering? If so, is there a way of telling whether the problem is servo, rack or pump related?
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Replied on May 10, 2008

Servotronic is the industry jargon for speed sensitive power steering. It is possibly a failed servotronic module as you claim it to be intermittent but still working.

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