Pontiac Repair: 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM WITH A 3400 SFI, pontiac grand am, trans fluid

Question
MY POWER STEERING DOES NOT WORK AT ALL I BOUGHT THIS CAR ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND NOW ITS TO THE POINT AS TO WERE IF IM NOT ACCEL WHILE TURNING ITS REAL HARD TO TURN LIKE STIFF AND THERES FLUID IN THE RESOVOR. ALSO I HAVE LOCATED WERE MY TRANS FLUID GOES BUT THERE IS NO DIP STICK IS THERE SOME WAY I CAN CHECK IT AND FIIL IF NEEDED WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO A DEALER AND PAY A ARM

Answer
Hi Joshua:

when you start the car up and it's running take the cap off the p/s and see if you see the fluid moving around "flowing" if you don't see any flow then chances are the pump is bad. As far as the transmission Yup there is no dipstick there is a special proceedure you need to do to check the fluid level there is a plug on the side of the tranmission case on the right side of the car just below where the axle cmoes out of the tranmsission it's a 7/16" head on it start the car park it on a level surface amd et it warm up. pull the plug and the fluid should just start to dribble out if not then add more fluid to the trasnmission from the top where the red plastic plug is. good luck :)