Squeaking steering wheel
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Squeaking steering wheel
Steering wheel making slight squeaking sound when key inserted into ignition and wheel automatically comes out towards you. Looks like it needs some lubrication somewhere. Anyone fixed this before?
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I posted a similar question in 2019 but figured it out myself after many other great suggestions. Here's what I found:
Now this is going to sound completely off base but hear me out. I too had a similar squeal that would only happen at startup and not every time. It drove me crazy. I replaced the serpentine belt and checked the pulleys, etc. but could not eliminate it. I lived with it for a couple of years and then heard that same squeal when I was playing with the settings for my tilt and in/out motion for the steering wheel.
Sounds can feel like they're coming from one place but could often be coming from somewhere unrelated. If you can believe it, it turned out that my "squeal" which I'm sure was coming from underneath the hood, was actually coming from the steering wheel housing as it moved into place when starting the car. There was a part of the housing that slid against the trim which was causing the squeak. A few minutes spent loosening the screws around the trim and putting them back with a bit more clearance between the housing and the trim, eliminated the noise.
Hope yours is as simple as mine turned out to be.
Bob
Now this is going to sound completely off base but hear me out. I too had a similar squeal that would only happen at startup and not every time. It drove me crazy. I replaced the serpentine belt and checked the pulleys, etc. but could not eliminate it. I lived with it for a couple of years and then heard that same squeal when I was playing with the settings for my tilt and in/out motion for the steering wheel.
Sounds can feel like they're coming from one place but could often be coming from somewhere unrelated. If you can believe it, it turned out that my "squeal" which I'm sure was coming from underneath the hood, was actually coming from the steering wheel housing as it moved into place when starting the car. There was a part of the housing that slid against the trim which was causing the squeak. A few minutes spent loosening the screws around the trim and putting them back with a bit more clearance between the housing and the trim, eliminated the noise.
Hope yours is as simple as mine turned out to be.
Bob
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