A friend has a new '06 MX-5 with about 1500 miles on it now... it started making some light, repetitive (as in constant rotation), clicking sounds from the front end when making slow turns left or right. I tried finding the source from outside the car as he drove slowly in circles - seems to eminate from the center/front end. He took the car to the dealer yesterday and they said it's normal (??). They did confirm hearing the noise. They mentioned that they tried another MX-5 on the lot and it did the same thing. So, nothing was done.

Anybody experience similar issues? We don't have a rack, but can get the car up high enough to probe the steering angles and see if we can find anything bent or binding - but, I wanted to test the waters of this forum and see if anybody has a best guess before we go for it.

thanks for any comments, anecdotes or short stories you can share,

kj

 

could just be the stock bushings somewhere in the steering. shouldn't be much to worry about if that is it. sorry i can't be of more help, but i think that is all that it is.