Over the weekend I did some hiway driving from Chicago to Dekalb, Il. I noticed that when I turned the wheel ( at any speed from 5-65mph ) I would hear a click or a clunk noise coming from the drivers side front. It sounded like it was from the steering shaft. I could not tell if it's inside the PF or under the hood. I think its from the U-joint on the steering shaft from the R/P steering gear to the firewall. ( The u-joint that has a 60deg angle on it. ) I think its binding up and when its free-ed up it pops. It only happends when the steering wheel is coming back to center on the 10 or 2 o'clock posistions.
I also having them do a oil change and a tire rotation along with changing out the rear hatch seal. The seal was starting to split. They gave me a rental for the time being. Its a 2008 Xterra XE. Its a nice change from my 04 X. I would be happy driving this around till my PF out of the shop.

that sucks for the PF, but thats cool they gave you an X, instead of some POS little car.

I insisted on a SUV. I'm 6'6" and 200+ lbs. I dont fit in a Toyota Prius, lol

yeah, but you'll be surprised what ive seen, a 6'5" 220lbs in one of those smart cars, but his justification is he's saving money on gas. lol

xd9-g19 wrote:yeah, but you'll be surprised what ive seen, a 6'5" 220lbs in one of those smart cars, but his justification is he's saving money on gas. lol

I had to drive my father-in-laws Fourtwo convertible around about 300mi when I was dealing with my superchips issue in my PF. I'm 6'2" 280lb, and although I can say I fit in it, I am thoroughly smart-carred out. Its not a great driving car, but it does cost only $12 to fill and you go like 300mi on that.

After that I was stuck with his 97 caravan. Horrible.

Very glad to have my truck back!

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Still having to keep the PF a nother day. still having problems finding the clicking and clunking. Its all being covered under warranty

This sounds like my problem. Was it fixed?

Wow I need to update this. Thanks.


What they found (???) was the drivers seat slide clicking after they took the entire dash apart. they orderd a new seat mount and put it all back together with the original seat and the clicking went away. I never had them put the new seat on. I think it was coming from the steering and when they put it back together they must of fixed it by accident.