Hi, just drove home and parked outside and on turning the ignition off i went to lock the steering wheel but it didn't lock in place and instead just got heavier to turn as the power steering system disengaged.

I tried to turn the ignition on and off a few times and each time tried to find the steering lock position but to no avail.

I was wondering if anyone else had experienced this before and if it rectifies itself after a short drive or a battery disconnect ?

Thanks in advance.

Chris

Cheers for the advice Joe but the wheels are straight and I am not doing anything different to what I normally do. It usually just takes a slight turn to the right and the steering locks. But I am now able to turn the wheel in almost a complete rotation (I know this isn't good for the tyres) before the PS disengages and there is no sign of the steering lock kicking in. Eventually as mentioned the steering just gets heavy and I am resigned to leaving the car with the lock off. I know this isn't a major problem for most people but iv always let my steering wheel lock when I leave my car so its a bit annoying!

No that's right, from my experience you've always had to turn the wheel to about 10 or 2 o' clock to activate the lock but the problem is that it is not happening anymore!

Sounds like a definite fault to me, Chris.  Time for a trip to the dealer I'm afraid.

Good luck, hope its an easy one to resolve.

Yeah it definitely got fixed, cant exactly remember what was the problem but i took it to the dealer for the morning and they changed something. Sorry i cant be more specific but it was a while ago!