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Why would my steering wheel lock up when i was backing up?

After i drove to pick up my friend i went to make a u-turn..upon backing up my steering wheel felt like it locked up...i just slowly kept backing up until i could turn it enough to go on...after i got thru the u-turn ...it felt fine...i proceeded on after about a 1/4 of mile it started feeling like it was going to lock up again...then went away...i kept driving made it home and parked it....

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Check your power steering fluid to see if it is low. Also look to see if it looks like the belt is slipping. You may have a power steering pump that is failing.

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