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.
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- 1inspecting steering components for wiggling while someone shakes the wheelDid this help you?
- 2changed the capacitorDid this help you?
- 3Checking potential steering part issues, electrical power steering issues, alternator, or battery.Did this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, 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 ↗
“This contractor is making noise, it starts when the damn circuit breaker tripps. Any ideas? I have already changed the capacitor.”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 ↗
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