Q: I'm looking at buying a fusion and it sounds like it has a bad power steering pump. Could it be anything else?

asked by on January 22, 2017

Power steering pump sounds like it's making a loud noise. Would it be the pump or could it be a sensor of some sort? Makes the noise at idle and when moving the steering wheel both ways fully.

My car has 101000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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