Q: Trying to remove power steering pressure switch (sensor). it seems frozen on.

asked by on December 21, 2016

I placed the obd-1 code reader and this was one of the diagnoses. The sensor seems frozen on. It is in a very sensitive location and position. It is not threaded into a hard body but the power steering line itself. I need a quote to remove and replace the sensor. I have one. Is that something that can be done?

My car has 164000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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