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Circuit/System Verification

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  1. Ignition ON.
  2. Verify DTC C0546 is not set.
    • If DTC C0546 is set 
    1. Verify that no steering components down stream of the power steering column assembly are mechanically binding. Refer to Steering Effort Hard or Too Easy in One or Both Directions 
      • If steering components are mechanically binding, replace the mechanically binding steering components.
      • If no steering components are mechanically binding
    2. Replace the Steering Gear.
    • If DTC C0546 is not set 
  3. All OK.