ron_rich1

OK. Just got off the phone with Toyota. They know it's a problem and they are willing to split cost 50/50 with me. $400 is the total; so I will pay $200. I guess that's better than nothing, but I still think Toyota should stick it to the supplier of the part, not me! Who would the supplier be? Is it GKN?

I have the exact same problem with my Toyota Camry 04 XLE. Popping noise in steering at slow speeds . . . was told it was the intermediate steering shaft. My problem is that I have 52k miles on the car and it's out of warranty. Also I was told the part is on 8 weeks back order. This is really frustrating, especially since Toyota know this to be a pervasic problem.