hi I have a 2005 dodge ram 1500 and I recently developed power steering problems. It seems that when I'm at idle I don't have any powersteering but as soon as I'm at even a 1000 rpm i have it again altough it does feel sluggish and it sounds like the powersteering is working extra hard. I do have enough fluid so I don't know what it can be.

 

pump is going out. if you hear whinning when cranking and a ton of it when fully cranked its definitely your pump. too much experience with the ps pump goin out. I had to replace rack with second pump cause fragments didn't all come out the first time.

 

ok thank you I'll go check it out. thank you. do you know how much a new pump typically runs?

 

they now only sell the pump as a whole. found that out the hard way. its the wheel, pump, and reservoir. I believe it ran me about 137 I think. plus free install cause I did it myself lol