Why does my steering feel loose and clunking?
The steering feels loose and sloppy and gets worse at higher speeds. Turning the steering back and forth or jiggling it produces a weird clunking coming from the front.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1inspecting steering components for wiggling while someone shakes the wheel
- 2changed the capacitor
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Change the contactor”source ↗
“It's not the capacitor, it's the contactor. Change the contactor.”source ↗
“As you can see in the video, when you turn the steering back and forth or jiggle it, there’s a weird clunking coming from the front.”source ↗
“The steering feels loose and sloppy and gets worse at higher speeds.”source ↗
“This contractor is making noise, it starts when the damn circuit breaker tripps. Any ideas? I have already changed the capacitor.”source ↗
Where this came up
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