Q: Hi every time I turn my steering wheel it makes a creaking grinding sound and I want to fix it and I don't know what it is
Every time I turn my steering wheel there is a sound that happens and it's like a creaking and or grinding sound. I would like to fix it because it sounds unreliable to be driving a car like this thank you for your help!
My car has 19000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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