Thread: Steering wheel noise

2006 Grand Prix, base. 136k miles, problem free car. Absolutely love it. Recently though it has started making a weird noise coming from up close to the steering wheel. It's not real loud, but when you turn the wheel it just sounds like a rubber on rubber noise, or possibly some sort of plastic rubbing onto something. Any ideas at all? Still steers perfectly and smooth, just an annoying noise that I don't want to escalate.
I know I did I crappy job explaining it, hoping someone will have had the same thing though and know what Im talkin bout
thank you all in advance

Is it a really quiet squeek? I have a really quiet squeek in mine that seems to come and go.

I don't think its the strut mount bearing, from watching youtube videos that seems to always make a clunking noise, no? This isn't like that at all. It's just a constant real faint quiet rubbing noise when turning the steering wheel, just like something rubbing...hmmmm

Any more ideas? Going to bring it to a mechanic next week if other grand prixer's here can't help Dont let me down Pontiac nation!

Most likely it is were the steering shaft runs through the firewall. You should be able to lube the area with some WD40. You can remove the lower cover on the drivers side by the brake and gas pedal and see the area. You should be able to touch the rubber boot while turning the steering wheel to confirm that is where the noise is coming from. It is possible it is a bearing in the column, but I would lube the pass through boot first.

^^^ That is what it is! Thank you so much! The pass through boot!