RTE117

I dunno if this is weather related, but i've noticed in the winter my car 'groans' more if you know what i mean. But lately... when it's really cold there's a small click noise coming from my steering wheel. It's not an axle issue, the noise is directly beneath the steering wheel itself. It usually only happens for a while after start up. I searched but I haven't found much?

blackeg

is it a click- or a dull screaching- ? sometimes when its real cold out (like air temp below 0) my civic makes a shreiking/screaching noise from under the steering wheel, like kinda by my left knee

ej one

my car makes all kinds of squeaking noises when its really cold outside, they are annoying at times but i doubt that anything serious is wrong

blackeg

yea that was kinda my conclusion too. oh well- i guess the lesson here is that it shouldnt be this cold out

p0rnstar

Same thing happens in my 93 hatch(screaching)...I actually don't have very good power steering until it's up to temp. It would probably only be a problem if you lived somewhere where it is cold all the time. We just started to get temps under 0 in Ohio, and winter's already halfway over.

Chillin94hatch

only clicking my hatch had was casuse my cv joints were going on me...but you said its not an axle issue, so i dont know...

RTE117

it's a light click.. but it's warmed up a bit.. (still only 35 ) and it's gone now damn winter

JpReTz

My steering wheel moans when its cold out... but it's just plastic to plastic. I also have a squeaky belt when its -0.