steering wheel noise

guiness · February 2, 2005

I have a 2000 Sierra ext cab. The steering wheel has a squeek when turning left. iI doesn't matter if truck is moving or not. Used to be intermittent but seems to do it all the time now. Sound feels like it is located directly in the steering wheel. Noise also happens when straightening the wheel out. Any thoughts?

asilverblazer · February 2, 2005

WD-40?

mcreyaufmiller · February 2, 2005

do a thread search for intermediate steering shaft. There are a lot of posts in this catagory.

Raydon · February 2, 2005

Guiness, mine does it too. But only in the winter when it's cold. I had it fixed a year ago or so. They said they had to loosen a bolt in behind the wheel, but it's back now. It might be what they call the S.I.R. coil. Apparently an expensive item to replace if not repairable. Good Luck

Jet-X · February 2, 2005

It's sounds like the same problem I had last summer. GM classified it as "normal operation", like most of their problems. They would not fix it. In my case, it was determined to be a noisy clock spring. I see a Nissan Titan in my future...

robot225 · February 2, 2005

My steering wheel squeaks on my '04 and has ever since I bought it. Usually only does it when it's cold outside though.

My squeak sounds like the plastic around the wheel is rubbing or something, my dealer also said that was "normal" and there was nothing they could do about it.

Go figure...

71GMC_3/4T · February 3, 2005

It's sounds like the same problem I had last summer. GM classified it as "normal operation", like most of their problems. They would not fix it. In my case, it was determined to be a noisy clock spring. I see a Nissan Titan in my future...

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... and I see a lot of brake problems in your future if you go with the Titan. Check around the Titan forums and you might learn how bad you don't want one.

AirForceAngler · February 3, 2005

I've got the same thing on my 2000 Silverado. Don't know what it is. It is only when I turn left at slow speeds or when stopped.

GMC4me · February 3, 2005

Same here, seems to happen most when it is cold, does sound like plastic rubbing, but my dealer said "normal" also. Cannot tell for sure where it comes from, just happens when the wheel is turned..

bone · February 12, 2005

I have a2001 silverado same problem took it back to the dealer they said it was a bad steering box. Dealer said because it was out of warranty 39000 miles it would cost me $1000 to have it replaced. At this point thought dealer misdiagnosed problem. While under warranty dealer did greased intermediate shaft and checked S.I.R. coil, Next move was to call G.M. I pled my case and they admitted that there was no way that I could have damaged the box and replaced it for $100. that was last year . I now have 48000 miles all is well. Good Luck.