Bear Under the Dashboard

[Matt42]

My wife's Vue makes a noise like a bear growling when turning the steering wheel at slow speeds in placed like parking lots. The dealer has been able to make the noise go away for a while by lubricating something associated with the steering column. Anybody know what that something is?

[10W30]

The rack-n-pinion possibly

[bigc791]

The rubber boot that the intermediate shaft goes through at the firewall. The boot catches on the shaft due to lack of lube. The dealer sells a special grease that will fix it for you.
Carmen

[scotted73]

Yep, as bigc791 stated it's the boot at the floor. The service department has taken care of mine each time I've mentioned that it's noisey.

[sspeer]

I have a strange creaking like noise in the steering, but only when I have a turn signal in use. Kind of weird..but I'm not going to take it in for just that...it's not worth taking off a half hour from work so I can drop it off and get a ride.

[hd071502]

I have taken some white lithium grease to the boot about every 6 months, it stops the growling.