cranking noise when steering?
 

Has anyone else noticed a cranking/screeching noise when turning at low speeds or at stand still? The car has close to 15,000 miles, and i'm just starting to notice this noise. I took it to the dealership, but they claim its only because the tires are firmly gripping the road. Any ideas on what the problem might be?

Power steering issue?

That was my initial thought, i guess I'll check out the car tomorrow if it isn't raining.

I get the same noises but i dont feel it in the seering wheel. More so from the rear driver side of the car. I have 12k on mine and it just started doin it too. The crazy thing is it still drives fine but the noise can get annoyin from time to time

LOL dealerships...

A few years ago I took my Hyundai to the dealership because my front passenger side wheel area was making a ticking sound. It was a very loud, clear, crisp, metallic, clicking sound that would occur at perfect intervals; a 1:1 ratio to wheel revolutions. The mechanic got in the car with me, I rolled the windows down, and drove slowly in a circle about 10 times. There were a lot of rocks in the parking lot, so of course there were the sounds of rocks being run over, in addition to all of the other ambient sounds the earth and all its inhabitants were emitting at the time, as tends to happen literally all of the time... ever. Loudest and clearest of all though, was the, "TICK... TICK... TICK... TICK..." clearly coming from my wheel area.

Thiiiis motherfucker goes, "oh, that's just the rocks."

my noise is coming from the front passenger side.

My car is the exact same way, when i turn the wheel to a specific point I end up hearing the tick, i just hope i can figure out the problem before it gets worse.

how often do you dry steer?

I usually avoid steering when stationary because my dad taught me at a young age that its bad for the steering geometry and tires.

That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if this is not true

Is that turning without moving?

I rarely, if ever, steer while stationary. The only time i have done it, was when trying to figure out where the cranking sound was coming from. I was just adding additional info towards my problem with a the cranking noise, when i mentioned i heard the noise while stationary.

From day one the car I could clearly hear the electric power steering motor when moving the sterring wheel quickly in low speed driving (like when doing a 3 point turn in a parking lot). A very noticable sound that could be described as "cranking" but not "screeching".

At first i felt i heard screeching, but as i continue to listen to the noise, it is definitely a cranking sound. So do you think the sound I'm hearing is normal? Thanks for the input.

If it is a clearly audible, but not loud, whirring noise like an electric motor under moderate stress, then I would say it is normal. Our 2013 Highlander makes the same noise under the same conditions and it also has electric power steering assist.

The buzzing/whirring noise is normal. I looked it up in the manual and it attributes it to the electric assist. I'll find the page number later, just look under steering in the index.

Thanks for the inputs:thanks:

I had the same problem. Turning my wheel while on some sort of incline gave a cranking type of noise coming from the front passenger side. I took it to the dealership and pointed it out to them and they fixed it in a couple of hours. I had my dad pick it up so I never was able to confirm the cause of it, but the service invoice said this:

"Customer complaint about a popping noise coming from the front of the vehicle when turning and while driving on uneven pavement. Inspected wheel and found noise coming from lower engine gravel shield. Removed gravel shield and de-stressed numerous points on the gravel shield. Installed gravel shield and road tested vehicle. Found no more noise at this time."

Hope this helps!

Thanks so much!:thanks: I'll definitley be contacting my dealership and will ask them to recheck the car and ask them to check out the gravel shield

Did this work out for you? I am having the same issue now at about 20,000 miles. I had to remove a shield in order to install the JDL header and it is possible that I tightened the shield too much. My car makes the sound at low speeds, like when reversing to park in the garage.

So my car is doing this now as well, a popping when I turn the wheel past a certain point to reverse out of a parking spot or my garage. (I have to angle the car in reverse to clear the curb properly even with stock ride height lol). Has he source of the problem been found and verified and can I fix it myself?

Could be 1,000 things. Did you change anything lately? Do you have mods? Hit a curb or pothole?

None of the above haha, I am about to put OE camber bolts in the front and have it realigned though. If it persist after an alignment I'll bring it to someone I trust I guess.

Just noticed that noise on my GT as well. I think it's something in stock's top hats making that noise. Is there any bearing built in or something?

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Electric power steering you should avoid having the steering wheel on full lock for too long as it might wear out the motor assist (i.e. waiting on traffic / parking lot while stationary).

It's not on full lock, it's on stationery when turning steering wheel, you got that stretching noise from front. Will get the video later.

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My gf's RX300 does the same thing when parking the car but it's due to the hydraulic power steering pump (known issue).

My old Golf GTI also made the same noise during slow parking lot maneuvers and eventually got worse over the years, it was due to the front subframe bolts going loose (also known design flaw). I ended up getting a collar kit for the subframe, which resulted in a clicking noise with the top hats so I gave up lol!

Stock suspension and never worked on?

Hallo, sorry my car with 8500 km started making the same noise. Did you finally managed whera it came from?

Posted on 08-07-2013. Also: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84783

Best bet is to make a video of your noise and post a new thread.