Here I am at work and my car will not move.
Let me explain the issue as best as my complete "car dumb" brain can.

The car starts fine. I just bought it about a month ago and have done some work to it. We replaced the alternator in it and gave it a bath.
Yesterday I was driving on the highway and realized that my steering wheel was getting increasingly more difficult to turn, occasionally locking up.
I stopped at a gas station and picked up some Power Steering Fluid and let my car chug that. It seemed to work until this morning when I got to work.
My steering wheel has become ridiculously hard to turn.

On top of that, my center dash (where that neato little display sits that is constantly telling me Im low on engine coolant and that theres a problem with my airbag, cool) it has started telling me to "Check [My] Charge System"

We just replaced the alternator. And all of my lights and other little gadgets are working just fine.

So, with my steering and my newfound need to "check my charge system"... What do?

The steering wheel system has no connection with the battery charge system.
If adding steering oil solve the problem temporarily then it means you are probably leaking oil, check the oil level and if it requires to add more oil again it means youre losing steering oil somewhere (probably/most likely the steering pump)

Now the chargin system measure how many volts is in the battery with your car working, it should be roughly 13v.. if you get like 8 or 9 v with the car working, it means there is a fault in the system somewhere, could be the alternator but if you replaced it then it might be something else, or you have a short (these can be hard to find sometimes just fyi in case the mechanic wants to charge you more than you expect)

I could be totally wrong the info you posted isnt coherent, but thats my guess.

is it just the steering wheel wont move?

verything works fine?

buy new car

I wasnt relating the two by any means, just stating that they are two issues I started having within the last 24 hours. My car has so many gadgets and gizmos for a 99, its.. Excessive. But its what I have for the time being.
It might be a fuse, the steering wheel is my main concern. Im not the strongest and that fucker wont turn.

This post was edited by TortoiseBox on Jun 26 2016 10:11am

yah my car had same problem

steering wheel would not turn and i took some fuses out and put them back in and everything was fine after

Well, I mean... Its got its other issues. Low on engine coolant, etc.
But right now its the steering wheel primarily because I have to drive 15 miles home before I can check out what the issue is.

Would help a ton if you tell what kinda of car you have, brand and year.

pretty sure his steering wheel is locked... i could be wrong though



This post was edited by MillerT1meUp on Jun 26 2016 10:57am