Q: Is it just my power steering belt that needs to be fixed, or is it a bigger issue?
After getting off the interstate and coming to a stop sign, i turned my wheel and stopped. Almost immediately, smoke came up and through the air conditioning vents and steering became tight and needed elbow grease to turn. Sparks flew from the passenger side near the wheel of the car. All of sudden everything except for the hard steering stopped. I parked my car at work and noticed that a belt was broken in half. Would that just be considered the power steering belt that needed to be replaced or something else?
My car has 136000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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