When power steering was first introduced, it was intended to help drivers of large or heavy vehicles to steer more easily when parking or heading around curves. Then it became a luxury option for ...

Your steering wheel should feel light and predictable, not noisy or strained. When the power steering pump starts to whine, ...

Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began ...

There is a war of hyperbolic statements among enthusiasts, waged both in the comment sections of websites and in the texts of articles. Not one of worldly significance or anything that’d affect our ...

You’ve probably never lost any sleep over a steering maintenance issue. The systems are proven and reliable and don’t require a lot of hands-on contact. Sticking to scheduled fluid and filter changes, ...

Stock steering systems are engineered for stock tires and stock suspensions, two things that usually go out the window when an off-road enthusiast gets a hold of a blank vehicular canvas. Whether your ...

Welcome to the 21st class in theDirt SportsUniversity Series. We have finished our first class on power steering with an introduction and some background history on our new subject. Moving forward we ...

One of the most basic, yet crucial systems on our replica and component cars is the steering system. Everything from full custom systems to direct transplants has been used, depending on the vehicle ...

If you've ever driven an older vehicle without power steering or a contemporary car with a power steering malfunction, you probably understand just how important these systems are. They drastically ...

Like any big industry, the automotive business has several dumpsters filled with products and ideas that should have remained conceptual. From modern climate controls buried within successive ...

Volvo has further refined its renowned dynamic steering system with a new function that can detect a tire blowout and immediately take action to keep the truck safely on the road. This new function ...

Vehicles are getting more technologically complex, physically larger, and wildly heavy — I’m looking at you, GMC Hummer. Some of that is due to increased safety standards for rollover risk, offset ...