2004 hyundia santa fe had a clicking noise by the power steering pump then later at a red light stopped running and wont start. all gauges showed no indication of anything wrong

either fuel pressure from the regulator is messing up or your pump is about to die.. hard to say with out putting a gauge on the rail.

I don't know the model, but I'd look into pump or fan related failures

I think this is wiring problem? Get all the wires related to lights checked.



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Is it a "wine" noise that gets louder when you rev it up? Sounds like an idler pulley. Is it a 3.3L motor?

The pump runs off a belt as well, if there is a pump problem it might make the belt squeel

Try flushing the fluid,which you should be
doing every 3 years
Add a bottle of Lubgard for power steering or
what ever the dealer has
Use the correct MFG Fluid

Eventually you will replace the pump,
when you can no longer stand the noise.

Then steering rack most likely is about to fail
from not changing the fluid and is causing stiffness
and high pressure thus the noise

try a local junk yard thats all ways a good start or a local auto parts supplyer

It sounds like you have a faulty tps (throttel position sensor). If the car has a check engine light on, any auto parts store can check them for free. You should also take a good look at the vacuum lines, intake tube, and the air filter. Any vacuum leaks can cause erratic behavior. You may also want to buy a can of mass air cleaner to spray down the mass air sensor and tps as well as any other sensors on the intake. I hope this information is helpful.

Could be several things. WHICH ENGINE?.. 4 cylinder (has three belts, power steering/water pump, alternator & A/C compressor, one tensioner pully A/C compressor), The V6 2.7 (has only one belt, 1 Idler pully and 1 tensioner pully), the V6 3.5 has two belts - A/C/alternator, and power steering - there are two tensioner pullys). Noises can be caused by the belt(s) themselves, pullys, bearings, pully bearings, water pump shaft bearings (or belts/pullys rubbing up against something). Let's not forget that there is also belt(s) behind the Timing Belt cover as well as pullys and bearings associated with the timing system. You could start by removing one accy drive belt at a time (alternator, water pump, compressor, power steering, etc) to see whether or not the noise goes away in each case. If after each case, you discover the noise is still there, it's probably behind the timing belt cover (idler/tensioner pully, water pump shaft bearing, crankshaft bearing, etc.). Good Luck