"Psshht"... air 'escaping' when turning the steering wheel

[T350 Brad]

As above really, drove the car home from a friends last night and each time I turned the steering wheel there was a sound like there was air escaping from by the wheel ... more pronounced when stationary or at slow speeds.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what this may be ... is it serious

I'm taking the car in to have a couple of sensors replaced and will mention it then, just wondering if I can expect to be told t.a.d.t.s... only i've never noticed it before!?

As an aside, are the vents (open / closed) operated by hand? Couldn't find reference to it in the manual (but I was looking at it in the dark last night!)

Thanks in advance for any guidance!

Bradders

[GreenV8S]

Could it just be the sound of the PAS?

[FunkyGibbon]

GreenV8S said:

Could it just be the sound of the PAS?

That would have been my guess as well - can be relatively quite loud at low engine noise

[T350 Brad]

Thanks for the heads-up guys...

... would PAS sound like pressurised air escaping, or more of an electronic sound!? This was very 'airy'!! Do any other owners get this and is it something that happens intermittently, like I say i've never noticed it before

[allyt]

T350 Brad said:

Thanks for the heads-up guys...

... would PAS sound like pressurised air escaping, or more of an electronic sound!? This was very 'airy'!! Do any other owners get this and is it something that happens intermittently, like I say i've never noticed it before

Had the same thing, took it to HHC and they checked it out and said its fine. This was months ago and its still makes the 'psssssss' noise but no problems.