My 2009 Hatch is just coming up to 100,000klms and a while back, to resolve a clunking noise, the steering bush was replaced. It’s been fine since.
Recently though, on a drive back from Brisbane I noticed a very slight tendency for the steering to sort of “tug” slightly in the straight ahead position. This is actually pretty hard to describe.
It’s only noticeable (so far) in excess of about 90 kph.
So, picture a straight road. No real need to move the steering wheel but suddenly there’ll be a very slight but clearly obvious, tug on the wheel. We’re not talking about pulling the car off line here but there IS a slightly discernible shift in the wheel under your hands.
You could almost suggest it is just normal steering correction on a straight but uneven road surface, cause by a slight dip or hollow in the road. Because of the occasional EPS issue reported on here, I admit to being a little bit paranoid about this.
So, my thinking is going in three directions.
1/ a developing problem with the EPS.
2/ a worn steering component which is allowing a tiny bit of play which is being countered by the EPS.
3/ I’m imagining things (but I’m not).
I can’t find any worn components including the two joints under the dash but it really needs to be up on a 4 poster hoist to be sure.
This is nothing like the worn bush which was only replaced last year anyway, less than 10,000 klms ago.
I might be trading in sooner rather than later.
So, I'd appreciate any feedback from
@cruiserfied ,
@nzenigma and
@tw2005