Q: Steering wheel is hard to turn - 2005 Nissan Maxim
Hi, I just recently replaced my power steering pump because my steering wheel was hard to turn. After the mechanic was done he let me test drive it and t was still hard. Later in the week the steering wheel was like brand new. Now it's back to being hard to turn again. Not sure what it could be and sometimes the steering wheel is easy at higher speeds and other times it's not. Very confusing.
My car has 154043 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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