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Two excellent pieces of advice here. First, remove and replace your clock fuse in the fusebox under the hood - this resets the EPS. Often, this is all you need to do and the problem won't recur for months. While you have the hood up, remove the spare tire and examine your battery terminals. The negative terminal band clamp seems particularly prone to stretching and loosening. You can replace the negative cable but it is just as effective to cut off the band clamp and replace it with an auto-parts-store american-style negative terminal. Check the other (non-battery) end of the terminal for looseness. Also examine the positive terminal while you are under there. Clean any corroson off the terminals and reattach securely, making absolutely sure to cover the positive terminal with the red rubber cap. If for some reason your positive terminal doesn't have a cover, get one.

Nothing would suck more than to replace a rack and have that not be the problem.

<blockquote data-quote="Jett" data-source="post: 1163053" data-attributes="member: 6682">Two excellent pieces of advice here.&nbsp; First, remove and replace your clock fuse in the fusebox under the hood - this resets the EPS.&nbsp; Often, this is all you need to do and the problem won&#039;t recur for months.&nbsp; While you have the hood up, remove the spare tire and examine your battery terminals.&nbsp; The negative terminal band clamp seems particularly prone to stretching and loosening.&nbsp; You can replace the negative cable but it is just as effective to cut off the band clamp and replace it with an auto-parts-store <a href="http://www.autobarn.com.au/AB_images/products/images/prod_1202269071.jpg" target="_blank">american-style</a> negative terminal.&nbsp; Check the other (non-battery) end of the terminal for looseness.&nbsp; Also examine the positive terminal while you are under there.&nbsp; Clean any corroson off the terminals and reattach securely, making absolutely sure to cover the positive terminal with the red rubber cap.&nbsp; If for some reason your positive terminal doesn&#039;t have a cover, get one.Nothing would suck more than to replace a rack and have that not be the problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jett, post: 1163053, member: 6682"] Two excellent pieces of advice here. First, remove and replace your clock fuse in the fusebox under the hood - this resets the EPS. Often, this is all you need to do and the problem won't recur for months. While you have the hood up, remove the spare tire and examine your battery terminals. The negative terminal band clamp seems particularly prone to stretching and loosening. You can replace the negative cable but it is just as effective to cut off the band clamp and replace it with an auto-parts-store [URL="http://www.autobarn.com.au/AB_images/products/images/prod_1202269071.jpg"]american-style[/URL] negative terminal. Check the other (non-battery) end of the terminal for looseness. Also examine the positive terminal while you are under there. Clean any corroson off the terminals and reattach securely, making absolutely sure to cover the positive terminal with the red rubber cap. If for some reason your positive terminal doesn't have a cover, [B]get one[/B]. [I]Nothing would suck more than to replace a rack and have that not be the problem.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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