RC Car steering not working? Here's how to troubleshoot!

In this video, Aaron runs us through how to troubleshoot a steering servo that's not working.

New servos:

Radios:

Receivers:

[natev]

Been stuck for a week or so trying to get mine to work. New build. Bench tested everything before installing and it worked perfect. Built the truck... no love. Didn't realize the plug could be backwards... Had no idea... easy fix! Thanks for helping me!

[MiketheHighLord]

Thank you! Your video solved my problem! My problem was the D/R. We thought it was the bottom dial on our FlySky to limit throttle and had it turned way down.

[jasonstivers]

Brilliant 👏 video deserves way more likes. You helped me. Thank you.

[Amoose]

The way it was plugged in was the problem for me, really helpful video thanks

[markmalcolmdunthorne-holme]

Thanks for the tips, nice and precise.

[guysmalley]

You pointed to my issue I reversed polarity thanks. I appreciate it.

[axellcline]

I think I may have a bit of a unique problem I just got a WL toys 144001 and and there is no response out of the transmitter on the big wheel that turns the servo INSTEAD the small knobs at the front that control steering trim and driving trim are what is steering the car I got a tiny amount of movement from the servo using the big wheel that is actually meant for turning but no luck, I is a binding issue but I’m not really sure was thinking of taking it to a hobby shop as this is my first experience with RC but I would love to hear your thoughts

[JohannesKarpf-lssk]

For me when I use my Transmitter sometimes instead of steering it just makes the cooling fan go slower and sometimes it just doesn’t respond at all

[stuartperth]

Thank you, been away from RC for a long time, DR was set to Zero. Thus my steering problem. We call this a user error. Thank s.

[RYNOCIRATOR_V]

Hiya,
A while back I bought an AGF A81BHMW servo for my Traxxas XRT, while I was out one day there steering went lame and very weak. Power cycled the system and it went back to normal, for a few seconds at least, decided to go home, on the way back to my car the steering magically fixed itself?
I decided to fit a Castle BEC (which I was putting off for fear of doing something wrong) to get more power to the servo, hoping it was a voltage issue causing the problem (6.0 volts up to 8.4 with the BEC). Went out again and it was great for a while, then did the same thing again.

Any ideas? It's not the gears, they sound fine. Other than the BEC, new fans all round, new servo, and Traxxas X-Maxx/XRT light kit, all electronics are standard Traxxas stuff.

[TheDaniishDude]

Help needed!
I’m completely new to RC and I recently just received my 124016 V2 2 weeks ago and now my steering doesn’t react to anything after only running it 4 times. It doesn’t even center it self when I’m powering it on.
It had a slight jittering and turned all the way to the right when powering it on after cleaning it and It lost steering completely 2 days ago, I might have been too heavy with the water? I left it to dry and the next day it was back to normal. Ran one pack on the beach today with my new paddle tires and after a failed jump(nothing crazy) it lost steering again…
The car do still drive and reverse but steering is completely dead.
Servo gear sounds fine, nothing binds in the steering, fresh batteries both car and transmitter.
Ive tried plugging the cables from WL into my MJX receiver and the MJX turns and drives with the WL transmitter. If I do it the other way around: nothing happens…
Bad/fried esc, bad servo?

[FigureFromLibary]

Thank you so much the wire thing near the power switch was put in the wrong way

[flapsyflap]

Thanks so much dude realy like your videos an i found my problem it was a faulty gear.

[seychelles]

Is there a way to wire 3 pin servo to work as 2 wire? To turn left to right?

I understand about the signal wire, but can that be bypassed?

[abod]

Thank you for making it not steering at all

[Mikkel_Stahr]

I have a problem with my controllers stearing.. there are no response what so ever.. but when i switch the servo with esc, it turns just fine.. like in your video!
but not when i switch back.. there are still no response-
and the dualrate just turn the wheels like its ajusting it.. Can you reconnect / Rebind transmitter and receiver ?

[shyonemami]

My build is brand new and when i binded the transmitter to the esc, the servo jerked left and is unresponsive (throttle works, steering doesnt). I cannot get the steering to engage. I connected another servo and the backup worked fine. Could it be that my servo is faulty?

[haydnholder]

What if you took a transmitter/ receiver aswell as servo out of another car that works, but there's still notta? Would it be the esc? Only thing i havent replaced, first time coming across this problem in my 15 years of rc 😅

[callous_edits]

I have 2 rc cars and took the batteries out and charged them and I must have put the wrong ones in because when I try to turn it on to connect to the remote both of them work for one car but they both don’t work 100% like one will only turn and the other remote will just go forwards and backwards so I just need some help on what to do or if I can fix it

[ravenjamtay]

Hi could you do video of one of the most problematic remote controls. Product enterprise Daleks and Davros had issues. I'm trying to resolve the issue with Davros since I only had two plays with it until wheels continually clicked every time it moved then stopped working!
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