Please help! WHEN I TURN THE WHEEL IT KNOCKS

[grayls]

I have a 2001 Lincoln Ls and recently my car's steering knocks and sometimes it almost impossible to turn unless I give the car some gas. At first it knocked when i turned to the left now it knocks either way. PLEASE HELP ME, I've only had this car a year.

[CGGorman]

Could be the bearings in the column or the power assist. Given the throttle relationship, I'd suspect you are either low on PS fluid or have a faulty pump.

The knock ~may~ be completly unrelated. There was a TSB several years ago about "clicking" steering columns that had something to do with bearing endplay in the column.

[grayls]

Originally Posted by CGGorman

Could be the bearings in the column or the power assist. Given the throttle relationship, I'd suspect you are either low on PS fluid or have a faulty pump.

The knock ~may~ be completly unrelated. There was a TSB several years ago about "clicking" steering columns that had something to do with bearing endplay in the column.

What is a TSB?

[CGGorman]

Technical Service Bulletin. It's basically, a heads-up from corporate engineering sent out to all service departments. It lets them know there is a known problem and gives symptoms with solutions.

They are there to help speed diagnosis and correction.