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Careful! Shutting off the ignition will lock the steering wheel on older cars.
by drfuchs 7y ago
Careful! Shutting off the ignition will lock the steering wheel on older cars.
- ryacko 7y agoThat’s called powered steering.
- mirimir 7y agoIt depends on the vehicle. Power steering can either be electric (EPS) or mechanical, with a compressor that's belt-driven off the engine. My Civic has rack-and-pinion steering with EPS. When the engine is off, it's still steerable, but there's no power assist. But you don't want to turn the ignition lock all the way off, because that does lock the steering wheel.