I have not drove my 4x4 Hemi for a long time, had to pull it out of the garage to work on the Jeep today. It sat outside for a couple hours in the cold. When I went to pull it back in the power steering seemed like it took a second to kick in. Anyone else experienced that? I assume it was a combination of the cold, lack of driving and the fact that the truck was running for about a second when I turned the wheel. But I may sell the Jeep and make the Ram my daily driver until I can get a hold of a SRT Challenger at a resonable price, would hate to think that will happen if I drive in the cold all the time. I have yet to check the fluid level, but the truck has 12K on it, so it if is low it was low from the factory.

 

Powersteering fluid absorbs water over time. Sounds like what water is in there froze.