Hey all,

I noticed a kind of rubbing sound in the steering column yesterday, not very loud, and it sounds like plastic against plastic (quiet enough not to be heard at highway speeds or with the music turned up)

Steering rack working fine as it ever did, no noise other than this one.

Nothing is visibly rubbing, and the sound seems to be inside the cabin only.

Thoughts?

 

piece of an RC cola cap stuck between the wheel & the housing.

 

Hah! Nope. I checked and nothing's stuck anywhere. I thought maybe someone knew of something that breaks internally.

 

If its most noticeable when you are parked and turning the wheel left and right, than Im pretty sure its a strut bearing...

 

There is the airbag clockspring that lives under the steering wheel, but they don't usually spontaneously break.