As Mark mentioned in an early post, our Suzuki SX4's steering wheel makes a weird robotic sounds when turned.
Here's a video of the steering wheel. It's hard to capture sound on my Flip. Turn up the volume to hear it.
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barich1 says:
08:35 AM, 10/20/09
My Mazda3 sounds pretty much the same. It's the electrohydraulic power steering pump in the 3, I don't know if the SX4 has a similar setup or if it's fully electric.
adrean8j says:
09:46 AM, 10/20/09
Sounds like one of those video game force feedback wheels!
super_ongoy says:
09:49 AM, 10/20/09
Sounds perty annoying. My 7 series has an annoying (not as this much though) sound when I try to turn it in full. Not very loud but I am super sensitive to weird noises (like when someone rear ends me) and rattles in the cabin. But I don't hear that in a 5 series.
How do you get rid of that? Will WD-40 help. Not if that's coming from the pump I guess... Well never really liked Sudoku anyway...
subytrojan says:
12:41 PM, 10/20/09
I've heard it in person. It sounds like my Logitech MOMO Force steering wheel. :o)
http://www.thg.ru/consumer/20021127/images/momoforce.jpg
petrolhead85 says:
12:47 PM, 10/20/09
The steering wheel in my 2008 Nissan Versa makes exactly the same noise when the wheel is turned at low speeds (ie. in a parking lot).
redliner says:
12:48 PM, 10/20/09
You think this s annoying, just wait until your entire car is propelled by an electric motor, not just the power steering.
jrcarch says:
05:27 PM, 10/20/09
From the video, its sounds very much like the leather steering wheel wrap is making constant contact with the rubber/plastic of the steering rack hub thing. The SX4's steering is power-assisted yes? Do you know if it is boosted by electrics or hydraulics or both or what?
If it is indeed a more mechanical sound, then it must be something like a Ford truck or SUV or if you are familiar with the first-gen MINI's, when you swing the wheel while that car is not in motion (especially on the MINI, oy vey was that thing odd - seriously direct though). I my experience, Volkswagen really got hydraulic-assisted steering refinement dead-on with the current Jetta/Rabbit.
The current MINI is all electric and frankly never makes a sound - if anything the DI technology makes more noise.
cr_driver says:
10:12 AM, 10/22/09
That doesn´t sound that bad, instead its sounds funny LOL. Like a mouse singing....another lovely video from donna.