Thread: Bumping in steering wheel while turning and accelerating

I have a 2007 grand prix and while i'm turning and accelerating i feel what's like several bumps in the steering wheel depending on how long the turn is. I noticed if i accelerate into the turn faster i don't feel any bumps. it also seems to be worse when turning left than right. And just the past few days i now hear a kind of a squeak when i slightly turn the wheel to the left. I have checked the power steering fluid and it's full. The car does not seem to be effected any other way than the noises. If anyone could assist me in a diagnoses I would greatly appreciate it. Thank You

Faster would be worse if was an axle....I would jack it up and check the control arm bushings, ball joints, tie rods, etc for wear. Sometimes you have to wait for these issues to get worse so they are more easily identifiable.

Originally Posted by Burbman

Faster would be worse if was an axle....I would jack it up and check the control arm bushings, ball joints, tie rods, etc for wear. Sometimes you have to wait for these issues to get worse so they are more easily identifiable.

That is horrible advice, but yes most likely a cv axle. to help diagnose jack up the car and check for clunking when spinning the wheels at straight, full left and full right positions.

I just took it in today and my mechanic told me when i got the tie rods changed the person didn't grease them up, so basically never buy a used GM car from a Kia dealership because they have no damn clue what they're doing

Originally Posted by addzradd

That is horrible advice, but yes most likely a cv axle.

Horrible advice??? Ummm....turns out it wasn't the axle Einstein, just like I said.

No the horrible advice is to wait until things get worse to diagnose them jackass.

The advice you get here or on any other forum is worth exactly what you pay for it....my advice isn't any worse than your incorrect diagnosis or anybody else's on this forum, so get over it.