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Posted on Jun 12, 2008
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Steering when turning the steering wheel it's jerking going both to left and right

  • schill773 Aug 20, 2008

    Actually have same issue with 2001 Durango. Did complete front brake job and happened to check power steering fluid level while there due to a small leak from end of right side boot. No probelm with steering being "jerky" until I added the fluid to the proper level. Now it has an intermittent ****, both left and right. Fluid in reservior also has a burnt smell to it. I'm wondering if it ran too low on fluid and ruined the pump? Maybe just air in it due to low fluid level? How do I bleed the system to rule that out?

  • Anonymous Mar 24, 2014

    Changed the resovior but did not work

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Sound like your powersteering pump or steering rack and pinion
could be bad.i would say it is your rack and pinion because if your pump was bad your steering would be real hard to turn instead of being jerky.jerking is usally the sign of a bad rack
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