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Oct 20, 2001 | 07:08 PM

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whosdady

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craking noise when turning the steering wheel

I have been reading about the control arms, ball joints, tie rods etc going bad. My car is starting to make a clicking noise when I turn the steering wheel all the way in both directions. Sounds like the car is ready to crack. It resembles the creeping noise I get from opening and shutting the door.

Any ideas on what this might be?

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Oct 21, 2001 | 08:33 PM

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ACleanSC4

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power steering fluid?

check your power steering fluid to see if you are low...I think the same thing happened to my aunt's LS400 and a fill of Power Steering fluid fixed it...

hope this helps

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Oct 22, 2001 | 06:34 AM

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i'm pretty sure that's either ur steering fluid is low or leaking.
da same thing happen to my car b4
it's couple of hundred to fix

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Nov 12, 2001 | 04:29 PM

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It was the lower control arms

They were very expensive! But the noise is gone. I only had 91K miles on the car before they went bad.

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Nov 12, 2001 | 05:50 PM

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hmm, i think mine might be going bad. I have the same crackling sound.

What was more expensive, the parts or labor?

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Nov 13, 2001 | 04:08 PM

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The parts

The parts were like $900 and the labor was close to $500. It was not cheap but it drives much better.

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