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When turning the wheel, the car makes a squeaking sound. The steering rack was replaced a few months ago with a used steering rack. The reasoning for changing the steering rack was because the mechanic claimed the steering rack was bad because you hear a slight clicking sound when the vehicle is in park and you turn the steering wheel from left to right. The noise was not very noticeable to me but I figured it was better to just take care of the issue instead of waiting and it getting worse. When the rack was replaced you no longer heard the clicking sound but then again about few weeks after it was replaced I experienced the same problem which was suppose to have been fixed when the steering rack was replaced. I took it back in and there was not really a reasonable explanation for the reoccurring problem. So I just let it be since it was not really a major issue. Now the problem has gotten worse and I now hear a squeaking sound when I am driving and turn the wheel.
The mechanic now recommends that I just get a new steering rack,my issue is that I do not want to pay for a brand new steering rack and have the same issue reoccur. I am trying to see if there is something that the mechanic could be missing because it really doesn't make sense that the issue would reoccur and get worse after about 2 months. I understand that the replacement steering rack was used but I want to make sure that nothing was missed from the original diagnosis.
The mechanic now recommends that I just get a new steering rack,my issue is that I do not want to pay for a brand new steering rack and have the same issue reoccur. I am trying to see if there is something that the mechanic could be missing because it really doesn't make sense that the issue would reoccur and get worse after about 2 months. I understand that the replacement steering rack was used but I want to make sure that nothing was missed from the original diagnosis.