Power steering and more. Please help with any info

Asked by LStenka Mar 10, 2018 at 05:39 PM about the 2001 Dodge Durango SLT 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Driving my Durango, suddenly the power steering
gave out. I drove it back home about 2 blocks and the
tensioner pulley is broken, idler pulley broken, oil
drained out! Please what could have caused this?

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KenF answered 6 years ago

Hard to say without seeing damage, maybe the serpentine belt broke and whipped around and took out the oil filter. Or maybe road debris caused damage. Obviously without a belt you have no power steering. The real concern is loss of oil pressure, so don't run the engine at all until a mechanic has looked at it and fixed the damage. Starting the motor with no oil can cause serious damage to the engine.

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