Clicking in steering with engine off

///MPower_2014 · 04-17-2013, 09:09 PM

I'm getting a clicking noise in the steering with the engine off. Doesn't happen with the engine running and it's just a noise, I don't feel anything like you would with a loose ball joint or something like that.

Anyone else have this issue?

Nahoa · 04-18-2013, 05:19 AM

Why turn the steering wheel with the engine off?

///MPower_2014 · 04-18-2013, 05:22 AM

It's not something I normally do, I was just checking if the new H&R sport springs I had installed were done correctly (making sure nothing was loose) and noticed the sound.

nico007 · 04-18-2013, 06:48 AM

I get the same clicking on my car.

xDrive35i · 04-18-2013, 10:14 AM

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It's normal.

ianfp · 06-28-2013, 05:38 PM

I also found that mine clicked as though there was play in one of the column joints. I think it is quite high up on the steering column under the dash. I had started to get paranoid about it!

Teemo Panda · 06-28-2013, 05:58 PM

The clicking noise is from the circular nut with alot of teeth within the steering column.
Thus letting you know that the steering lock is engaged.

ianfp · 06-28-2013, 06:08 PM

I didn't think mine had a steering lock?

04-17-2013, 09:09 PM	#1
///MPower_2014 Private 42 Rep 69 Posts Drives: '11 E90 M3 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Massachusetts iTrader: (0)	Clicking in steering with engine off I'm getting a clicking noise in the steering with the engine off. Doesn't happen with the engine running and it's just a noise, I don't feel anything like you would with a loose ball joint or something like that. Anyone else have this issue? __________________ '11 X3 xdrive28i '07 X3 3.0si '08 328xi (sold) '04 325xi (sold) '97 328iS (sold)
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Nahoa Lieutenant Colonel 45 Rep 1,876 Posts Drives: F25 35i Mineral Silver/Black Join Date: May 2008 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	Why turn the steering wheel with the engine off? __________________
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04-18-2013, 05:22 AM	#3
///MPower_2014 Private 42 Rep 69 Posts Drives: '11 E90 M3 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Massachusetts iTrader: (0)	It's not something I normally do, I was just checking if the new H&R sport springs I had installed were done correctly (making sure nothing was loose) and noticed the sound. __________________ '11 X3 xdrive28i '07 X3 3.0si '08 328xi (sold) '04 325xi (sold) '97 328iS (sold)
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04-18-2013, 06:48 AM	#4
nico007 New Member 0 Rep 7 Posts Drives: BMW X3 35i Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Boston, MA iTrader: (0)	I get the same clicking on my car.
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xDrive35i Lieutenant Colonel 123 Rep 1,781 Posts Drives: Porsche Macan S Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Chicago iTrader: (0)	: It's normal.
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06-28-2013, 05:38 PM	#6
ianfp Lieutenant 144 Rep 560 Posts Drives: X5 40D M Sport Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	I also found that mine clicked as though there was play in one of the column joints. I think it is quite high up on the steering column under the dash. I had started to get paranoid about it!
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06-28-2013, 05:58 PM	#7
Teemo Panda Bimmerpost Plasti Dip Guru 81 Rep 1,174 Posts Drives: E53, E46-M3, E70, F25-X3 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: New Jersey (NJ) iTrader: (0) Garage List 2013 BMW X3 [5.66]	The clicking noise is from the circular nut with alot of teeth within the steering column. Thus letting you know that the steering lock is engaged. __________________
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06-28-2013, 06:08 PM	#8
ianfp Lieutenant 144 Rep 560 Posts Drives: X5 40D M Sport Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	I didn't think mine had a steering lock?
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