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From: oparr on 11 May 2007 09:48
Is it normal for the steering to prevent sharp turns in low traction
situations? Some years ago I recall driving into a gas station while
it was raining, it was one of those tiled stations, made a sudden turn
and bam!..It was like the tires hit a brick wall....Steering wheel
would not move until I reduced the rate of the turn....Sort of like
when you pull the seat belt too quickly. Is this some form of traction
control at work or a fault with the car? I surmised if this was normal
then raising the front off the ground while the car was powered (and
stationary) could simulate the effect but never got around to trying
it. And yes, my tires were probably well worn at the time.

From: mrdarrett on 11 May 2007 17:05
On May 11, 6:48 am, oparr <o...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> Is it normal for the steering to prevent sharp turns in low traction
> situations? Some years ago I recall driving into a gas station while
> it was raining, it was one of those tiled stations, made a sudden turn
> and bam!..It was like the tires hit a brick wall....Steering wheel
> would not move until I reduced the rate of the turn....Sort of like
> when you pull the seat belt too quickly. Is this some form of traction
> control at work or a fault with the car? I surmised if this was normal
> then raising the front off the ground while the car was powered (and
> stationary) could simulate the effect but never got around to trying
> it. And yes, my tires were probably well worn at the time.


I've never heard of it, but that probably doesn't mean much... ;-D

What year Camry? How many miles? Changed the power steering fluid
regularly?

Michael

From: oparr on 12 May 2007 10:01
On May 11, 5:05 pm, mrdarr...(a)gmail.com wrote:
> I've never heard of it, but that probably doesn't mean much... ;-D
>
> What year Camry? How many miles? Changed the power steering fluid
> regularly?
>
> Michael

1997, 140000, never changed only topped up. The incident in question
occurred at around 100,000 miles.
After doing some further reading, I'm now leaning to a slipping belt.
Also, after doing some invoice checks, the timing belt along with all
belts and water pump were changed at 72,000 miles. Belt squeals a lot
sometimes even now when making stationary full locks. When wet it
probably slips more and the feeling of lockup may be due to a
momentary complete loss of power assist when other conditions favor it
(example a sharp turn of the steering wheel).

From: mrdarrett on 12 May 2007 12:53
On May 12, 7:01 am, oparr <o...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> On May 11, 5:05 pm, mrdarr...(a)gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I've never heard of it, but that probably doesn't mean much... ;-D
>
> > What year Camry? How many miles? Changed the power steering fluid
> > regularly?
>
> > Michael
>
> 1997, 140000, never changed only topped up. The incident in question
> occurred at around 100,000 miles.
> After doing some further reading, I'm now leaning to a slipping belt.
> Also, after doing some invoice checks, the timing belt along with all
> belts and water pump were changed at 72,000 miles. Belt squeals a lot
> sometimes even now when making stationary full locks. When wet it
> probably slips more and the feeling of lockup may be due to a
> momentary complete loss of power assist when other conditions favor it
> (example a sharp turn of the steering wheel).


Where did you have the timing belt done?


From: oparr on 13 May 2007 07:19
On May 12, 12:53 pm, mrdarr...(a)gmail.com wrote:
> Where did you have the timing belt done?

The Toyota dealer.

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