[Power Steering Fluid]

welcome to the club.

As has been said, keep an eye on the fluid level, and keep it topped up, the stop leak would certainly be a good short term fix, and perhaps try a few different garages to see if they all suggest replacing the rack and pinion, not to mention compare the quotes.

Interesting. I was just at my dealer with my '02 Camry (the same guys who said that changing the back-lit bulbs on the fan speed and temp control knobs was a two hour job) and they told me that I had better change and flush my power steering fluid (@ 50K miles) or I would be practically guaranteed power steering rack problems in the near future. Que pasa with these service recommendations from dealerships?

welcome to the club.

As has been said, keep an eye on the fluid level, and keep it topped up, the stop leak would certainly be a good short term fix, and perhaps try a few different garages to see if they all suggest replacing the rack and pinion, not to mention compare the quotes.

Interesting. I was just at my dealer with my '02 Camry (the same guys who said that changing the back-lit bulbs on the fan speed and temp control knobs was a two hour job) and they told me that I had better change and flush my power steering fluid (@ 50K miles) or I would be practically guaranteed power steering rack problems in the near future. Que pasa with these service recommendations from dealerships?

[2002 fan motor speed and heat/ac temps lights out]

I'm going a little nuts trying to figure out how to replace the lights behind the fan motor control and the temperature indicator knob on my '02 Camry. The dealer wants two hours labor to do this. Is it possible that the process can really entail disassembling most of the dash, as they've told me?