Power Steering repair gone south?

[rjohnson916]

Just brought my ’05 back home from the dealer for what started out as a moderate power leak, from the area where the plastic tank that holds the PS fluid sits, and fastens to the cast mechanism the steering shaft goes into. For the last four-five months the fluid has slowly soaked the frame in this area and the power steering box and pitman-arm assy. It has never actually dripped on the ground, until today. The dealer charged me +$200 and identified the problem as a bad PS reservoir, noted the paperwork “PS reservoir replaced, verified no further leaks found” I drove my truck 43 miles home were it now sits in the driveway in a puddle of it’s PS fluid, the dipstick shows ¼ fluid and all of the suspension, driveline, rear axle have a splatter on them. It appears to be leaking from the same spot where the replaced the reservoir. What should I do about this? Or what could possibly be the culprit?



Thanks in advance

-Ryan

 

[Hoefler]

Since you paid for the repair, it sounds like you are out of your warranty. . Take it back to the dealer and make them take care of it. After all they have to guarantee their work.

 

[betterthanstock]

$200? I saw a posting on here a few months back about replacing the o-ring on the p/s reservoir. More like $2.

 

[MMeier]

The cap on my resevoir has a habit of popping loose for whatever reason, this usually soaks evrything in the immediate vicinity. It is now restrained by a big zip tie and and piece of cardboard on top of the cap, no more leaks!

 

[MMeier]

Take it back to the dealer and make them take care of it. After all they have to guarantee their work.

Says who??