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Hi Since having my shaft replaced I sometimes get a terible sort of grindig crunch noise coming from the steering, only when I am stationary and ty to turn the wheel. It is not too frequent but when it does it the noise is loud and I feel the steering wheel shudder for about a second. Can anyone think what it could possibly be? I haven't taken it back yet for them to look at it. Cheers

Has anyone had any issues after getting the new shaft spline installed. When the car is stationary and I turn my steering wheel (most of the time to full lock either way) there is an almighty grinding sound like the steering is going to sieze. It doesn't happen all the time, but it does definitely happen and it wasn't there before the new spline was installed. I have my mechanic looking at it on Friday.

If you have reported it for the last 4 services then there are 3 observations I can make: 1. Your concern regarding the noise will be on file and evidence of this will be easy to obtain from your service provider. 2. 4 servioes ago for a 2006 Sportivo must have meant your car was still under warranty, based on an average timefrrame between services. 3. No knock, however small or large, is something that any consumer pays for and must not be tolerated or accepted, no matter what the monkey at tthe service desk tells you. Put the 3 of these together and you have a case for rectification at no cost. Don't deal with monkeys, deal with the organ grinders. Go directly to the servioe manager and explain what the issue is and how you want it resolved, be firm and don;t ack down from what you want. If the service manager is a bloody minded fool and sticks to his/her guns, go directly to the dealer principal and do the same again, this time advising him/her that your hard earned dollars will not be spent at his dealership next time due to this incident. I bet you get want you want (if they value your current and future business) Good Luck

I can confirm the Whereis v.15 disc I have actually freezes he controls when I have set a destination. I have reverted back to v.14 and it is working perfectly.

Well, just an update. I tried my v.14 disc today and, for the short distance we travelled (about 20km) the system and the controls seemed to work fine. So I wonder if the Whereis disc is causing the problem. I do know that v14 was a dual layer dosc and v15 is a single DVD which seems very strange, like they have tried to compress everything in v14 (and more) onto a single layer. I wonder if this is taking up too much prcessing time and the systame is spinning out????? Thank God I got v15 for free. Comments anyone?

I disconnected the battery for 30 minutes and the problem still occurs. I have found that the freezing or delay response to a button being pushed only happens when the satnav has been initiated. It is like the system runs out of memory or cannot process things quick enough. I am going try one of my earlier versions of Whereis maps to see if the problem lies in the current version I am using (v15) Very weird.

Thanks T Money Unfortunately I am an owner, not a mechanic.. Could you advise me how to do this? I know how to get into the menu on the later versions of whereis. IS this where I should be going?

Hi My 2006 Presara has, for the last couple of months, developed a frequent problem. All the controls connected to the screen (Satnav, telephone, audio, menu dest, tuner etc) freeze. When I press anything connected to the screen there is an approx 20 second delay, if not more, until it actions the selection. For example, if I am using the satnav to get from A to B and I want to change radio stations, both the steering wheel buttons (Mode and the Up and Down arrows) will not perform until at least approx 20 seconds after pressing them. The sat naf screen sort of works still. The red positioning marker still moves and the map still moves showing your location. However the information box in the top right hand corner (which shows, for example, turn left in 5km's) becomes just a white blank box. All these freezes start working again when the system feels like it and will no doubt start freezing again not long after. It just keeps doing it. This also happens with anything else sonnected to the screen as mentioned above. The controls on the right hand side of the steering wheel (related to the air con) work fine and all the air con controls on the dash are fine. Thankfully, my cruise control works ok. Has anyone had a similar issue? Cheers Budgoi

I was out of warranty with the seat. I tested the steering this morning with a few full lock turns and some quick starts and stops, Everything working like it should I am now happy to report......until next time...ha ha ha.

Finally got the steering shaft fixed today. Haven;t had time to test it really as the missus has the car to go and watch George Michael!! I also had them fix lumber seat as one of the motors was dead. They found the piece of a button (from clothing) had fallen and jammed itself into the motor. That little button cost me $220 to fix!! AArrgghhh!

I can now also confirm Toyota Link HQ are aware of this but say it should not affect the performance of the system, which I agree with.

HUrray!!! The part is in. I am booked in for Friday.

I can confirm the red light comes on when it gets hot.

Hee Hee Hee. I just called Penrith Toyota a week after my last call. The shaft is still on back order. It could take 3-4 days or it could take another 1-2weeks!!!!!!!! Poor, Toyota, very,very poor. But I am assured by the lad at the service desk my car won;t fall apart, even though the noise is getting worse and wrose as each week goes by. I think I will be into week 5 next week of my wait.

CNN Breaking News - U.S. to investigate Toyota Corolla steering problems Here's the link - Toyota May not be the same issues as we have been having but a very spooky co-incidence!