[cruzeneedshelp]

Hi I have a 2013 Cruze with 130000km on it. I bought it new and have had a lot of problems even when it was still under warranty The latest is the service power steering message came on and I had no power steering. Went to dealership they said my key was dirty and that caused it. They charged me to clean the key and said it was fixed. I drove the car about 50km and same thing happened again. The next time they reprogrammed the power steering module special bulletin coverage. Again I drove it about 60-70km and had the same issue. Now they said I have error code C0545 steering torque sensor malfunction and it is $2000.00 for the steering rack + labour which they said is approx 5 hours. I asked them if the negative battery cable could cause it as in the bulletin it says it can. They said if it was that there would have been a code that comes up for the battery cable. Does anyone have any advice anyone with the same issue? . I appreciate any help.

 

[Snipesy]

Well let’s do some fact checking shall we...

• The key has no affect on the power steering.... They are completely seperate parts. It’s like comparing two different continents. Just doesn’t make sense.
• The negative battery cable issue will not give a code. If it does they are random.
• The steering sensor is like a $50 part and does not require steering rack replacement.

 

[Blasirl]

Hi I have a 2013 Cruze with 130000km on it. I bought it new and have had a lot of problems even when it was still under warranty The latest is the service power steering message came on and I had no power steering. Went to dealership they said my key was dirty and that caused it. They charged me to clean the key and said it was fixed. I drove the car about 50km and same thing happened again. The next time they reprogrammed the power steering module special bulletin coverage. Again I drove it about 60-70km and had the same issue. Now they said I have error code C0545 steering torque sensor malfunction and it is $2000.00 for the steering rack + labour which they said is approx 5 hours. I asked them if the negative battery cable could cause it as in the bulletin it says it can. They said if it was that there would have been a code that comes up for the battery cable. Does anyone have any advice anyone with the same issue? . I appreciate any help.

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