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Car Forum / Pontiac / Pontiac Cars / October 20052001 Bonneville Clunk
Hi All: Have a Pont Bon SSE w/85k miles. When weather went cold I noticed a clunk in the stearing column. Noise is mostly when turning wheel at low speeds & sitting still. Any thoughts? Thanks, Ed > Hi All: Have a Pont Bon SSE w/85k miles. When weather went cold I > noticed a clunk in the stearing column. Noise is mostly when turning > wheel at low speeds & sitting still. Any thoughts? It may be the intermediate steering shaft. Gm is having all sorts of problems with them right across the board. Ian I had mine fixed under a recall in 2001 and it started doing it again last year. They told me it's not dangerous, just annoying. They do have to tear the dash apart to fix it. They scratched the heck out of mine. Lee 2000 SSEi >> Hi All: Have a Pont Bon SSE w/85k miles. When weather went cold I >> noticed a clunk in the stearing column. Noise is mostly when turning [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Ian > I had mine fixed under a recall in 2001 and it started doing it again > last year. They told me it's not dangerous, just annoying. They do > have to tear the dash apart to fix it. They scratched the heck out of > mine. I'd question whether they really know what they are doing. There isn't any need to remove the dash in any of these vehicles in order to replace the intermediate shaft. You have to lower the entire steering column on the Cadillacs, but the dash doesn't have to be touched. Ian Of course, I didn't actually see it removed, but the telltale ratchet scratches around my dash screws above the gauges led me to believe they had dropped part of the unit anyway. >> I had mine fixed under a recall in 2001 and it started doing it again >> last year. They told me it's not dangerous, just annoying. They do [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Ian > Hi All: Have a Pont Bon SSE w/85k miles. When weather went cold I noticed > a clunk in the stearing column. Noise is mostly when turning wheel at low > speeds & sitting still. Any thoughts? Thanks, Ed Ed, I have the same problem with my 2001 Bonneville and as both Ian and Lee stated, it is a problem with the intermediate steering shaft. I took it in to the dealer where I purchased it and while there are a couple of T.S.B.'s out here in Canada on the problem, there have been no recalls because it is apparently not a safety issue, just a nuisance noise. i was getting a small clunking when cranking my wheel when stopped and very low speeds last year, ended up being the bearings in a strut mount were seized >> Hi All: Have a Pont Bon SSE w/85k miles. When weather went cold I noticed >> a clunk in the stearing column. Noise is mostly when turning wheel at low [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > T.S.B.'s out here in Canada on the problem, there have been no recalls > because it is apparently not a safety issue, just a nuisance noise. The intermediate shaft problem can be identified easily. It transports the "clunk" right to your hands...just like the old arcade games would do when you crashed your race car. Lee >i was getting a small clunking when cranking my wheel when stopped and very >low speeds last year, ended up being the bearings in a strut mount were [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> T.S.B.'s out here in Canada on the problem, there have been no recalls >> because it is apparently not a safety issue, just a nuisance noise. Thats it, right to the hands. Not too bad but notice it. Is this dangerous? Thanks, Ed > The intermediate shaft problem can be identified easily. It transports the > "clunk" right to your hands...just like the old arcade games would do when [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >>> T.S.B.'s out here in Canada on the problem, there have been no recalls >>> because it is apparently not a safety issue, just a nuisance noise. They told me it's not. Lee > Thats it, right to the hands. Not too bad but notice it. Is this > dangerous? [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >>>> no recalls because it is apparently not a safety issue, just a nuisance >>>> noise. |
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