Power steering noise

[Eric.S.]

Hello everyone I was finally able to pick up my grenadier yesterday Unfortunately, I noticed at home that my power steering makes a strange noise. I think it's not a normal noise, or? The filling level in the container was at maximum with the engine warm but switched off. The German instructions do not say exactly in which condition the oil should be checked. Does anyone have an idea? I tried to post a video but I always see the file is too big (7mb)
Thank you

 

[fredp45069]

I found my personal cars whine is much more pronounced than the loaner I had for a month. Although obnoxious, and always fun to explain to people what it is, I never found it a deal breaker. I do think that they could of sourced a quieter pump. I feel like its part of the rushed engineering portions of this car. Overall, I have gotten used to it and barely notice it unless I am driving with windows down in an enclosed and tight car park.

Is a legal remedy the solution for this terrible noise problem?

 

[Zimm]

I just picked mine up on the 30th, but on the 28th when I was waiting on the wife to help decide the final color (I was torn between a Mushroom and Grey) pretty much every Grenadier that was being test driven (12+) all made the whining noise. So it may be a batch issue/calibration setting done at the factory. It's definitely coming from the actual pump itself and not an attached component. I just hand covered it with some interior deadening material and it reduced the sound signature significantly.

Hopefully it's not a genuinely faulty pump and it's just a tractor part they sourced from wherever where pump noise would be a concern.

Maybe the last christmas trees left on the lot.

Because no one want an obnoxious pump.

 

[DFW Guy]

Nope. The two I wanted literally just rolled off the delivery vehicle. Pre-inspection with the head unit still in French from the factory. Both fully upgraded, sans the front tow winch on one.

Proof for the more distrusting members of the forum. Less than 4 miles on each odometer.

Maybe the last christmas trees left on the lot.

Because no one want an obnoxious pump.

 

[fredp45069]

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/TQPHD-OaOrk?si=8eqe_9A8wXV23drt


My power steering screen shows me turning left past initial resistance and high frequency dental drill sound drops dramatically. Then I turn a bit back to neutral and it returns. Listen to the noise. I attached YouTube link.

 

[Skydance]

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/TQPHD-OaOrk?si=8eqe_9A8wXV23drt


My power steering screen shows me turning left past initial resistance and high frequency dental drill sound drops dramatically. Then I turn a bit back to neutral and it returns. Listen to the noise. I attached YouTube link.

The noise is affected with load. The load is affected with the angle, whatever is connected to the tyres. Ie surface, level or even possible alignment. But I would bleed out the steering which can takes months for air to escape and then refill. My steering is a lot less quieter, after 10k miles. I know it’s air because fluid use to seep out of the tiny hole in the cap making the reservoir messy. Now I’ve cleaned the reservoir and topped up the fluid and it no longer seeps anymore.

The steering is now lighter and the RTC has improved once everything has run in.

 

[Vince2022]

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/TQPHD-OaOrk?si=8eqe_9A8wXV23drt


My power steering screen shows me turning left past initial resistance and high frequency dental drill sound drops dramatically. Then I turn a bit back to neutral and it returns. Listen to the noise. I attached YouTube link.

I’ve got mine for more than a year. I can confirm I also have this dental drilling noise and it’s very annoying.

 

[jawn37]

Noticed some drops of fluid under the grenadier this morning. Popped the hood and the whole power steering pump and nearby components were coated in fluid. Also managed to record this video of the fluid coming out.

Headed in to the dealer in the morning but sounds like it won’t get looked at until Monday. I’ll let everyone here know what they say.

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/yav_Zg4yzJk?si=pKdQomAtQzW-T_Y_

 

[Skydance]

Noticed some drops of fluid under the grenadier this morning. Popped the hood and the whole power steering pump and nearby components were coated in fluid. Also managed to record this video of the fluid coming out.

Headed in to the dealer in the morning but sounds like it won’t get looked at until Monday. I’ll let everyone here know what they say.

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/yav_Zg4yzJk?si=pKdQomAtQzW-T_Y_

It’s probably over filled with steering fluid plus air trapped in the reservoir causing it to pour out. It will keep on seeping until the air has escaped. Do a bleed and top up and eventually the drill noise will become quieter and steering become lighter too.

 

[outono]

Just got back from my dealership to fix the annoying fuel level circuit fault / Check Engine light. I asked about the power steering noise and the service rep told me Ineos was actively investigating a pump replacement and "would take care of us". I asked if mine was particularly bad and he said it was average, with the worst he's seen being so loud that it you could hear it around the block. He added that the pumps they have replaced for customers were almost always the same decibel level or, in some cases, much louder.

I also inquired about whether older pumps were loud and he said the newer the vehicle, the louder the pumps are on average.

 

[Darby]

Just got back from my dealership to fix the annoying fuel level circuit fault / Check Engine light. I asked about the power steering noise and the service rep told me Ineos was actively investigating a pump replacement and "would take care of us". I asked if mine was particularly bad and he said it was average, with the worst he's seen being so loud that it you could hear it around the block. He added that the pumps they have replaced for customers were almost always the same decibel level or, in some cases, much louder.

I also inquired about whether older pumps were loud and he said the newer the vehicle, the louder the pumps are on average.

If they're telling the truth, that's music to my ears.

 

[HereinDaRockies]

Just got back from my dealership to fix the annoying fuel level circuit fault / Check Engine light. I asked about the power steering noise and the service rep told me Ineos was actively investigating a pump replacement and "would take care of us". I asked if mine was particularly bad and he said it was average, with the worst he's seen being so loud that it you could hear it around the block. He added that the pumps they have replaced for customers were almost always the same decibel level or, in some cases, much louder.

I also inquired about whether older pumps were loud and he said the newer the vehicle, the louder the pumps are on average.

Wow bold statement if true.. fingers crossed.

But honestly… it’s for our benefit as much it is for their’s. Imagine a rare vehicle driving around, where every instance of the grenadier people come across sounds like sht? Terrible moving billboard for the brand

Which dealership?