My saturn ion 2004 started making a grinding noise when turning to the right. the other day i was going around a turn and it was difficult, but only turning right. when sitting still I tried to turn to right and took a lot of effort, any suggestions. i cannot find anything underneath loose, though the sway bar links are a little worn.

SOURCE: Steering

It is an electric assist steering. On very heavy use the motor can become overheated and goes into "safe mode" only partial assist until it cools down. Repeated attempts at parrallel parking have been know to cause this.

SOURCE: To replace front sway bar links

end links are straight forward, remove the old and install the new, sometimes you have some trouble if the ball end spins while removing the nut, look at the nut side of the joint and there is a hex key hole in the center to hold the joint still while removing the nut

SOURCE: 1995 Ford Taurus stabilizer bars cause rear end of car to ''sway''.

If you are any kind of car savy then you can do this yourself. Go to your local parts store and buy the stabalizer link kits. The stabalizer links are located behind the tires and bolt to the struts at the top and the stabalizer bar on the bottom. You don't need any special tools for this project and the stabalizer bars will cost you anywhere from 30-65 dollars a piece.

Ned C Cook

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• Posted on Oct 13, 2009

SOURCE: Sway bar Bushings Need Replacing

Not difficult. Just hold onto it so it foesn't fall on you. Remove the front clamps fist

SOURCE: replacing struts on a 2004 Saturn Ion

i just got a quote from meinke for front struts replaced for just over 500.00