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Old 04-14-2011, 07:23 AM   #91 (permalink)
Piwoslaw
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These days pumps are replaced by electric motors, many smaller european car has electric motor to provide steering assist, cars even park themselves (like VW) as it is possible to program steering functions with such system, also they have stronger assist at slow speed, so maybe they are not getting a clutch, but something much better?
My car has electric PS which (as I recently found out) stays active after turning the engine off with the kill switch, so I have much needed assist when rolling to a stop at a red light. Killing the engine by turning the key deactivates the PS, even if I turn the key back to '1', until the engine is running again.

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