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Overheating and also my steering wheel all of a sudden cannot turn.

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Check the serpentine/driving belt. It looks like it is loose or broken.
Water pump and stearing pump usually drive by the same belt. So overheating and stearing problems might have the same cause.
Hope that helps
good luck

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