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Is it dangerous to drive your Toyota rav 4 if the intermediate steering shaft makes a noise when turning the wheel?
I have asked the same question to a Toyota Dealer, both in Atlanta (the place I bought my SUV in 2007) and a year ago in Mexico (where I'm living now.)
In atlanta the answer was "there is not a real problem since this issue (the clunking noise in the ISS) does not pose any risk, it is just a "cosmetic" issue"... as you can infer, I was not completely convinced by that answer at all.
However, in Guadalajara, the Dealer told me another different history: "Since this noise is produced exactly by the joint of the ISS there is an evident risk of breaking that point; however, we have not have any report of an accident so far".
The solution I got was to press tight the bolts in the ISS, cover it with a rubber boot (trying to keep waterproofed and filled with heavy grease, also I have it checked and re-greased every time I have a service in my SUV.) I have done that since two years ago and the noise have faded away and there is not feel of any weird movement in the steering wheel.
I know this is neither the right nor the final solution for this problem, but it is what it takes when a car company doesn't accept their responsibility for their lack of quality controls in their designing or production systems.
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