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Hey, if your Hyundai Elantre's EPS light
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just lit up on the dash and the steering
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wheel suddenly heavy as a truck, you're
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not alone. Turns out nine times out of
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10 it's a simple low battery voltage or
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a blown fuse in your car's electrical
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system. Swap them out and that light
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vanishes like it never showed. Okay, so
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let's start with the easiest win. Pop
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the hood on your Elantra and check the
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battery terminals first. If they're
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corroded or the voltage dips below 12.4
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volts, that's what keeps your EPS motor
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humming. clean them up or grab a new
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battery for around 70 bucks. I mean, a
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weak battery starves the whole power
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steering setup, so it'll trick the
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system into thinking something's busted.
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Well, um, next up, hunt down that EPS
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fuse in your car's underdash fuse box.
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It's usually labeled right there on the
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cover. Pull it out with some pliers.
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Eyeball it for a broken wire inside. And
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if it's toast, slide in a fresh 15 amp
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one from the auto parts store. Don't
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skip this. Folks waste hours chasing
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ghosts when it's just a fiveminute fuse
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swap. What year Elantre are you
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wrestling with right now anyway? Helps
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narrow if it's got that old recall on
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the EPS module. All right, then. If the
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battery and fuse check out clean, time
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to peek at the wiring harness around
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your steering column. Gently tug those
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connectors near the EPS control unit
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under the dash. Loose plugs or frayed
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wires from all the turning can trip the
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light, so receat them firm and tape any
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nicks you spot. One quick tip, avoid
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yanking hard or you'll add a bigger
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headache to your plate. You know, last
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winter I had this 2010 Elantra in the
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shop after a snowstorm. The owner swore
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it was the steering rack, but nope, just
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iced up battery cables killing the
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voltage. Cleared right up with a wipe
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down and charge. Saved her a bundle on
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unnecessary parts. Now, if none of
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that's it, and honestly that's rare, the
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culprit might be your car's torque
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sensor or the EPS module itself acting
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up. Grab an OBD scanner, plug it into
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the port under your dash, and run a
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calibration on the steering angle
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sensor. It resets the ECU module's brain
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in under 5 minutes. If codes like C1261
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pop, yeah, you might need a dealer to
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reprogram a new module, but that's only
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after the basics. Safety note here,
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always disconnect your Elantre's battery
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negative cable before messing with any
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EPS wiring. Prevent shorts that could
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zap the whole system. There you go. that
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EPS lights usually tamed with a battery
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boost, fuse flip, or quick wire tidy up
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on your Hyundai. Drive safe and test the
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steering in a quiet lot once it's off
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just to feel that smooth assist kick
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back in. If this sorted your Elantra
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