Owner reviews for steering rack

A friend of a buddy of mine has a '12 WRX and he did a 2019 STI rack swap on it - I was able to test drive it for an evening and I love the slightly harder feel and tighter turn.

I have the Z3 rack in my 318is and I like the faster ratio because I drive it through small town Appalachia and these old, small, windy East Coast mountain roads.

Ik rij een Civic E-hev. Vandaag is het onderdeel onder garantie vervangen. Ik moet eerlijk zeggen dat ik er nooit last van heb gehad. Ik vermoed dat dit probleem in de VS vele malen groter is dan in Europa. Of ik heb gewoon mazzel gehad. Ben nog steeds erg blij met deze auto. Rij bijna mijn leven lang Honda, deze rijdt eigenlijk wel het fijnst van alle elf die ik heb gehad.

I was dealing with the same variety of codes after swapping out my rack with one from an Audi. I swapped the rack because of a popping sound in the steering wheel. The swap was overall straight forward like you said but I was hitting a wall until I found your write up. I used my obd11 to work through the steps and it worked.

I am really happy after installing an E46 'purple tag' steering rack. Absolute go cart :)

I know it’s not the model you are asking but I had a Kia Picanto and a Sportage before. Parts are damn difficult to find and it’s expensive. Steering rack seems to be a common issue for old Kia so be careful with that. Kia is a nice car to drive imo, way better than Perodua and the same generations of Toyota, just that the cost of maintaining it is not cheap since it’s also a pretty old car.

Edit: forgot to mention ECU tends to wear out for older cars so do check on this. I replaced my ECU for about 3-4k (not sure OEM or Ori) and steering rack (2k for new/OEM) even this took me months to source.

When I brought my Honda Civic for the rack replacement on warranty I told them there is a problem with the rack there was no recall at the time I found out it was a silent recall if you didn’t tell them they would not told me I ended up getting it replaced no charge

I went to pick up my car from the dealership after a steering rack failure that occurred at highway speeds. The dealership confirmed they have been replacing more and more steering racks, especially recently. The steering rack is failing at the worm gear, and this part has been revised several times. I've never had a warrantied part fail in a way that tried to throw me into a concrete barrier at highway speeds. I don't feel safe putting my family in this car. After signing paperwork, I realized the steering was still messed up; the steering wheel wasn't returning to center, almost like there wasn't enough power steering pressure. The car never left the dealership.

The steering rack was replaced about three years ago using a Cardone remanufactured unit from RockAuto. Unfortunately, I’m now realizing that it wasn’t a great choice—the rack is starting to make knocking noises, although it’s not leaking. Steering has become stiff and hard to turn.

Recently replaced mine after 5 years. Two weeks later I got all the warnings popping up all at once. Power limited, ABS not available, power steering not available. Even brakes were not available. Can only get around 8kms per charge and it stops on its own.