Steering wheel knocking sound

Asked by Meadowcat Sep 02, 2018 at 04:24 PM about the 2012 Hyundai Sonata

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

When the car is stationary and I move the steering wheel slightly from side to
side it makes a clonking sound. When I drive above 70 mph it shimmys but
will stop if I turn the steering wheel slightly to one side. It has started to
sometimes make a high pitch sound when I have to turn the steering wheel
sharply to the left while parking. What do you think is the problem?

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Google Hyundai steering coupler aka spider coupling aka motor driven power steering, the coupler will likely need to be serviced or replaced. Hyundai issued a technical service bulletin (TSB) about this known issue: TSB #14 ST 002 1 (FYI i had to remove the dashes in the number as that prevents my post from showing).

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Hi. approached hyundai dealer only to be told that I will have to pay for getting coupler replaced. Anybody got this covered by Hyundai in Canada?

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