Well let me know how this turns out if you could. I still need to have my dash replaced for by them. My car also started having issues this past weekend and I'm a little concerned about it.
My power steering pump has been leaking and I haven't had a chance to take it in just yet, but while I was on the coast this past week, my car almsot didn't start on one occasion. It sounded like the power steering pump had started to seize. The engine eventually started, but not without a TON of blue smoke out its arse. I've seen it do this on 3 different occasions now.
My car was purchased new back in December and has 19,000 miles on it now (yes I know I drive a lot). I change the oil every 4000 miles in mine with mobile 1. The car is driven hard and pushed very hard on weekends, but I maintain my car very well. I'm interested in taking my car in right now to have this looked at, but I'm sure they are just going to tell me it was normal. But starting an engine under that kind of load (when the power steering pump was almost seized) couldn't have been good for the engine. Note the power steering fluid was at the min level, but was refilled to full. The pulley squeaks now when the car is cold.
