Conquering the Roadblocks Eliminating Hard Steering and Sluggish Acceleration

Heavy steering means that it is more difficult to steer your vehicle, and the performance of the car can be compromised by a stiff, unreactive steering wheel. Steering problems at high speed also make it more difficult for drivers to drive defensively and avoid an accident ahead. Turning corners can also be a ... Tires are new, balanced when installed as usual, no comments made about bad wheels by the installers. Coupled with the misfire, it's tough to ... If you can't find any other obvious fault, I'd suggest jacking the front wheels off the ground and spinning the wheels and propshaft, being ... These are all normal when the engine stalls. The only thing you need to fix is the stalling engine. Problems/Service/Repairs - Acceleration issue - I have a 2011 HHR 2LT with 215000 miles, pretty much all highway miles. One quick and easy thing to try is lubing the U joint in the intermediate steering shaft. They are known to create some of the symptoms you describe. the intermittent hard steering is an internal steering pump fault probably 95% of the time. the condition can be intermittent, seems to be worse ... Under hard acceleration the vehicle will not steer straight and is quite scary as it veers around requiring correction. Seems to pull to the right but its a ... Sounds like the steering pump has gone wrong. Check the belt which drives it - it may have snapped.