Power steering issue...

[AndyPV]

Morning,

I'm hoping to get some advice about a power steering issue on my V60 (2012).

It's an intermittent fault which makes the steering stiff to turn - mainly to the left - before there's a clunk and the steering returns to normal.

It's not doing it all the time - it's worse first thing in the morning, and sometimes there's no issue at all.

The car has been to two independent garages, it's had the electronic sensors reset (not the right term I know, but can't recall what the garage said), and it was not showing any error codes.

One garage suggested it could be the PS pump, but didn't want to change it and then find out it made no difference. They said the rack looks fine.

Before I take it to a main dealer, I was hoping someone may have come across this before and give me an idea of what it could be...

If it's the pump, then I'll get it done, but I just don't have the money to throw at a lot of new parts in the hope it will fix the problem.

Thanks for your help

Andy