vinkodex.8V: squealing steering from the column
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mileage
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sources
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The fault
How you spot it
While you steer, a grinding, squealing noise comes from the steering column, which many people blame on the power steering pump or the steering rack, although the cause is often the control unit in the steering column, and that is a smaller part, not the rack. Replacing the control unit is the smaller repair, replacing the rack costs much more, and the noise alone does not separate the two, so a fault code read is needed.
Which model
Who it affects
The card opens the generation, the engine or the transmission.
Generations and models
1 generations.
Audi
8V
A3
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Audi A3 8V
2012–2020
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8V: squealing steering from the column
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Sources
How we know
Haynes Manuals United KingdomAudi A3 common problems (2012-2020)As classy as the Audi A3 Mk3 is, it suffers from a few common problems. But there's no reason you can't save hundreds of pounds by sorting these yourself, with the help of Haynes Autofix.- autocar.co.ukAudi A3 2012-2020 — reliability & common problems (Autocar)autocar.co.uk
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