1998 Dodge Stratus Steering noise

yeah check the fluid, but also, will it do it while your in park or neutral?

i'm not sure. I think so. i'll check later today.

ok, keep me posted, because this will more than likely help determine if its the pump

I put power steering fluid in it and that helped a lot and for a little while the problem was fixed. But now if i'm not moving i can barely turn the wheel at all and there's almost no power steering power at all. is the motor going bad? I checked and there's still plenty of fluid

what do you mean there is almost no fluid? the power steering fluid is disappearing?

there's plenty of fluid but no power coming from the pump. I'm not sure what happened but i think i accidentally fixed it. This morning my heater stopped working and after i got out of work i checked the anti freeze level and it was almost completly gone. I filled it back up and my heater started working again. When i pulled over i got out to check it again and there was a burning smell and smoke coming out. So i popped the hood and noticed that anti freeze had leaked out and was burning on the manifold. I started the car and watched for the leak and noticed anti freeze spraying out rapidly from where the thermostat is housed. I got a replaced the thermostat seal and that completly fixed my heater problem. And i don't know if it's permanent or not but my power steering is working perfectly. But it's only been an hour since i've fixed it so i'll have to wait and see.