Q: Whining/No Power Steering

asked by on October 09, 2016

There is a winding noice coming from up front when the gas pedal is pushed the truck can be in park and or In drive! It makes the whining when it's just idling Also when I reverse and then out it into drive it's super hard to steering back straight but when I get going it's fine! Also

My car has 193000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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