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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by devmor on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @12:04PM (#39618072)
It turns out I was mistaken! I haven’t done enough research to determine the actual cause of the effect I have noticed. It might be hydraulic vs electric but I don’t want to make that assumption and be wrong again - I’m going to have to research the steering in other cars I’ve noticed that issue in.
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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by lathiat on Thursday March 07, 2024 @12:42AM (#39625406)
There’s definitely a different feel to the electric motor driven assist. Though there are just many different implementations probably the specific one you had was particularly quirky.

Relatedly I had a Hyundai i30 for a while which has a well known fault where the plastic gear connection (called a Spyder Bush) from the electric motor to the steering column would break. Resulting in slop and a clunk. Not hard to imagine similar failures or bad design.

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