Climb underneath the dashboard. Look up at the steering column. You will see what appears to be a "birdcage" type of outer support for the column. Carefully examine it for any breaks. You may need someone to move the steering wheel up and down while you look underneath. This area of the column is meant to collapse in the event of a head-on collision but I have seen where it breaks under normal use. It can be repaired by removing it, disassembling the column, welding the broken parts of the "birdcage" and reassembling. Make sure the adjusting hardware for the up-down is correctly installed and tight too. There is supposed to be a knob on the lower right side of the steering column to lock the column in place. If the hardware to lock the column is not installed correctly it will cause a rattling and make the column hard to lock in place. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, RJRavalli@xxxx wrote: > I think I've slightly narrowed down where the rattling from my steering column is coming from. My steering wheel moves very slightly up and down, almost like some wheel adjustor part is loose. So when I hit a hard bump, my column is hitting on the top or bottom of something else and is making noise. My wheel shouldn't move like that, right? Is there something I can check to make sure it stays locked in place, or to see if something is broken? If it is, is there any kind of basic replacement? > > Any help would be appreciated...I need to solve this very annoying problem. It causes me to have to place a slight pressure down on the steering wheel all the time while driving in order to avoid the bumping. Anyone know what's going on? > > Thank you much, > > Richard