My steering wheel is moaning and groaning

[TexasHusker]

Mostly in the bitter cold, but it's been doing this more with each passing year. Needs a new power steering pump perhaps?

 

[jwmNC]

Same with mine. How many miles and what year? I’m going to try a transmission fluid flush first to see if that helps.

 

[coleAK]

Mostly in the bitter cold, but it's been doing this more with each passing year. Needs a new power steering pump perhaps?

Happens all the time here in Alaska. Check your fluid level first, may be low. Also when it is below around 15F most of my vehicles steering pumps moan. Today it’s -24F…

 

[HoffCruiser]

also having this issue with the cold spell that hit the midwest a few weeks back. What fluid levels should I be checking? I just had a coolant, power steering, ATF flushed.

 

[aM200]

Most likely it's the rubber seal boot on the steering column down by the pedals. It likes to make noise in colder weather when it's not lubricated enough.

 

[TeCKis300]

It's a bushing in the steering column. Good write-up here. On my list of To-dos.

Alaska cold probably brings another type of groaning.

Groaning and moaning in steering wheel while turning, low speed??

Right, and as a reminder nobody knows what exactly we're lubing in there, why it's working, or what the result would be with anything other than a spray lubricant. https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/200-series-steering-wheel-start-up-whine.1327380/

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[coleAK]

also having this issue with the cold spell that hit the midwest a few weeks back. What fluid levels should I be checking? I just had a coolant, power steering, ATF flushed.

Power steering fluid

 

[gasman4u]

Mostly in the bitter cold, but it's been doing this more with each passing year. Needs a new power steering pump perhaps?

Depending on the moan, this may be a mod I’d consider.

I’ll see myself out.

 

[stonepa]

Is it the pump, rack, or column in the plastic housing in the cabin. My column in the plastic has moaned occasionally since new. Usually when cold.