Steering Clunk going over speed bumps Clunk.

[mcyates]

bought the worst clio in the world. Sold my 182 as it was costing too much, and bought a Dynamique 1.5 DCI. The power steering doesn't work, even though it failed it on the last MOT and was "Apparently fixed" also when going over speed bumps there is a clunk from the front of the car, not sure which side. My Fiancée drives it, we were going round a roundabout and it clunks and the car moves a bit, its pretty bad like. She said sometimes she's steering and the car wants to go straight ahead instead of steering, when driving in a straight line the steering wheel is at about 2 o'clock.

Think its a death trap!!!

What could it be, i'm going to take it into a garage to get it looked at, where should I tell them to look, obviously the steering!!

 

[Addicted]

Did you not check it before you bought it?

Clunking sounds like drive shafts - no idea if the CV boots are similar to the 1*2's but it's a common issue. (though saying that your power steering and steering in general sounds f**kED)

"car wants to go straight head instead of steering" - how fast is she going?

"when driving in a straight line the steering wheel is at about 2 o'****" - your tracking is way off, get the tracking done.

 

[Beef-Mc]

Ball joint, I had the excact same thing on my car, if I took a corner marginally too fast the steering would lighten then come back, made for some interesting journeys.

 

[mcyates]

Did you not check it before you bought it?

Clunking sounds like drive shafts - no idea if the CV boots are similar to the 1*2's but it's a common issue. (though saying that your power steering and steering in general sounds f**kED)

"car wants to go straight head instead of steering" - how fast is she going?

"when driving in a straight line the steering wheel is at about 2 o'****" - your tracking is way off, get the tracking done.

He told me the power steering didn't work and the missus was happy, he said it was a loose connection which I think was a lie now. Other than the steering its a good little drive. Its only got to last another 6 months then i'm going to buy a new one. I don't know what she does when she drives it, she's a woman so probably hits all the pot holes, crashes into things and stuff. I'm going to have a drive of it next weekend and whack it into the garage so they can have a look at it.