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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 12:26 PM
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i ahve a rattle around my steering column, sounds like a thin piece of metal.. dunno what it could be. my dash has a creaking noise right above the radio are and i have the same damn glovebox noise that bowtie has described
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by TrueBlueXJ
That sounds serious! Time to trade it in for a new one.

Yours is NEWer, wanna trade????
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Howler_GT
Yours is NEWer, wanna trade????
No way, Jose. I meant new TO YOU. Yours must be broken, it doesn't rattle.
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 07:43 PM
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After reading/replying to this yesterday, my '98 must have read my mind...
Now, in addition to all the other misc. sounds, the steering wheel makes these little farting sounds when I turn it...
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by BowtieGuy3
the steering wheel makes these little farting sounds when I turn it...
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 08:58 PM
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now i am noticing a other sound... kinda a faint clank. only hear when my foot is off teh gas, don't know if my motor is jsut bad *** and growls like a wilderbeast and cant hear it or it is a symptom.

woudl it jsut be the u-joints?
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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ujoints wont usually make a rattling sound, you feel them before you hear them.
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Old Dec 31, 2008 | 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by BowtieGuy3
the steering wheel makes these little farting sounds when I turn it...
tell me you dont find that alittle amusing
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Old Dec 31, 2008 | 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by MasterShakeXJ
ujoints wont usually make a rattling sound, you feel them before you hear them.

dash making the rattling this is a different sound
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Old Dec 31, 2008 | 08:15 AM
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Mine rattles everywhere. Just turn up your stereo
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Old Dec 31, 2008 | 02:38 PM
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mine rattles from driveline vibes since i dont have an sye..but it only does it from 55-65 under hard acceleration. it could be anything and ive just gotten used to the jeep noises. i crank up the radio!
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Old Dec 31, 2008 | 05:07 PM
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Everything rattles on my 91'. The darn rattle in the Drivers door is annoying ...i simply put the window down like 1/2" ALL GONE!!
As for the dash.....i have never found it...just turn up the radio
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