Please help!!! Went to drive my truck 20 minutes ago and my power steering and brakes quit working. No signs of any problems when i parked it last night. Checked service manual for possible fuse or relay and didnt seem to see anything for it. Im supposed to be at a party soon but now im stranded! If anyone can help i will be sitting here until i here something.Thanks

 

First thing would be to check the power steering fluid level.. The brakes are 'hydro' boosted,, and the power steeing pump supplies 'assist pressures' for both the brakes and the power steering..

 

Thanks Haya i have checked the fluid and it was good and looked clean. A friend came over this morning to look at it and was stumpped because of no fluid loss and the pump was not seized up. What he did was gave it some gas while turning the steering wheel and it unseized itself and is now working fine again. Said it was possibly a stuck valve in the pump maybe due to a small piece of debris. I drove it for 20min just now turned it off and on again and nothing seems to be wrong. He said it will be fine but i would like your thoughts on it. I was on this forum over a year ago with a water in fuel light issue that you helped me with and was grateful for your assistance so if you have any other thoughts on this ps pump issue im listening.Glad its working but not convinced it wouldnt happed again and leave me stranded somewhere.