craking noise when turning the steering wheel
10-20-01, 07:08 PM
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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?
10-21-01, 08:33 PM
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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
10-22-01, 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
11-12-01, 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.
11-12-01, 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?
11-13-01, 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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