I have two squeaks on my facelift Omega that are steadily becoming highly annoying and i wonder if anyone else has them and if they have solved them?

First one is the steering wheel or column area, only does it when its cold and its as if something is rubbing somewhere...it's a continuous squeaking when the wheel is being turned...ive tried holding and pulling/pushing the shroud to see if its that but it still squeaks.

and the 2nd is coming from the right hand side of the dash, it squeaks when i hit any undulation in the road surface...and i can make it do it if i grab the top right of the dash 'peak' and move it...knowing nme it will be a dash mounting point, and will require the dash to come out to fix!

and no, i dont have mice 

The creaking steering wheel when cold is a very common Omega problem.

There's even a TIS fix for it.

Basically you take apart all the stuff holding the steering column in place and when you put it back together you torque a couple of bolts to a new (lower) torque setting.

tunnie wrote on 13. Aug 2006 at 12:33:


Just by grabbing the top right of the 'peak' (the bit that comes up over the clocks) and shaking it i can make the sound, no idea if its connecting elsewhere, very possibly though...no, its not the cubby, thats as tight as a nuns *cough cough 

So the squeak on the steering is a known problem...sounds a big job to fix it, dismantling the securing for the column.

How I hate squeaks.  They can drive you mad.  I still have one or two that come and go.

They seem to go when the music's loud.

My Missus has a built in squeak filter.  She can drive her car round for weeks without noticing a new noise or squeak.  I drive it and notice it the new squeak within seconds.

The cure will inevitably involve a certain amount of disassembly, which is a pain.

A powerful system can loosen panels, screws and connections over time!

That's why crimped connections are best, followed by soldered, then screw down and finally twisted together with a bit of sellotape insulation.

My most annoying noise is the driver's door lock pin.  It buzzes on certain notes.

The fix is to remove the door panel and support the lock pin and push wire with stick on foam draught strip.  Although I've never tried this.