Hejo!
I searched everything I could, asked my friends and a few people who supposedly know about cars, but I have nowhere found a similar problem, let alone a solution.
To the point - it's about the Citroën C3 of the first generation, 2014, petrol 1.4, driven nearly 130 thousand. km. The car performs very well, nothing knocks, nothing knocks, fuel consumption after winter at 8l / 100km, so not too bad.
Overall it's ok, but I plan to sell it because I'm replacing it with a newer model. As I try to be towards others as I would like others to be towards me, I want to sell the car in 100% working order. So I replaced the brake pads and discs, because they squeaked a little sometimes, polished the headlights, replaced the bulbs, washed the center of the car, waxed it, etc. etc. I have nothing to complain about, I will sell it in very good condition.
However, once in a Russian year, there is something that does not disturb or hinder driving, but you can get scared that it is something serious. About 2-3 years ago, when there were about 100,000 on the meter. km (I drive a little) the steering wheel spoke. When stationary or driving at a speed of 5-10 km / h, the steering wheel "creaks" slightly and turns right-left by about 1-2 cm. Illustrative photo attached
And since then, it appears, disappears, reappears. Once more often, once a week and once less - once every six months. But sometimes it happens that it does not occur for six months, it suddenly appears and lasts for several days. Of course, only when the engine is running, at a standstill or at low speeds.
This defect does not translate into a heavier steering wheel action or any other undesirable effects. This does not cause any problems when turning or anything. Even if this problem occurs while turning, it does not bother you at all. In addition to this spontaneous slight movement, the steering wheel makes sounds similar to "printing a receipt", especially in old cash registers
This whole description, as I mentioned at the beginning, I passed on to a few people but nobody knows what's going on. I gave it to the mechanics, but the problem is that when it was with them, the problem did not appear even once and the mechanic could not relate to it in any way. It is also difficult to record it with the phone, because I try not to ride with the phone in my hand set to record the steering wheel
It all sounds abstract and someone could say that if it comes out once a year, just ignore it and sell it. First of all, it's not my style, if I didn't fix it, I would tell the potential buyer about the problem. Secondly, I imagine the face of a buyer who releases the steering wheels during the "test drive" and she moves herself in his hands Or a week later he calls me that I have sold him an autonomous car because he is driving himself 
In order not to come out that I don't care, I'll write my little lead.
In this Citroen, the power steering is electric. Sometimes, after the night, when I start the car and want to immediately open the window or turn on the wiper, both of these activities seem to take a little longer than usual. But after a while everything is fine. The alternator and battery are new and even recently charged. What if sometimes the electrician is ailing on the wipers or windows, and what if sometimes the electricity just licks a little support and the steering goes crazy? Because when driving faster, there is never a problem with it, there is always a problem after starting the car and at low speeds. Can you somehow investigate it? Eliminate somehow?
Thanks in advance for all the advice and help. If you want to answer, please write as clearly as possible, because I warn you that I am far from a car mechanic
Best regards!
I searched everything I could, asked my friends and a few people who supposedly know about cars, but I have nowhere found a similar problem, let alone a solution.
To the point - it's about the Citroën C3 of the first generation, 2014, petrol 1.4, driven nearly 130 thousand. km. The car performs very well, nothing knocks, nothing knocks, fuel consumption after winter at 8l / 100km, so not too bad.
Overall it's ok, but I plan to sell it because I'm replacing it with a newer model. As I try to be towards others as I would like others to be towards me, I want to sell the car in 100% working order. So I replaced the brake pads and discs, because they squeaked a little sometimes, polished the headlights, replaced the bulbs, washed the center of the car, waxed it, etc. etc. I have nothing to complain about, I will sell it in very good condition.
However, once in a Russian year, there is something that does not disturb or hinder driving, but you can get scared that it is something serious. About 2-3 years ago, when there were about 100,000 on the meter. km (I drive a little) the steering wheel spoke. When stationary or driving at a speed of 5-10 km / h, the steering wheel "creaks" slightly and turns right-left by about 1-2 cm. Illustrative photo attached
And since then, it appears, disappears, reappears. Once more often, once a week and once less - once every six months. But sometimes it happens that it does not occur for six months, it suddenly appears and lasts for several days. Of course, only when the engine is running, at a standstill or at low speeds.
This defect does not translate into a heavier steering wheel action or any other undesirable effects. This does not cause any problems when turning or anything. Even if this problem occurs while turning, it does not bother you at all. In addition to this spontaneous slight movement, the steering wheel makes sounds similar to "printing a receipt", especially in old cash registers
This whole description, as I mentioned at the beginning, I passed on to a few people but nobody knows what's going on. I gave it to the mechanics, but the problem is that when it was with them, the problem did not appear even once and the mechanic could not relate to it in any way. It is also difficult to record it with the phone, because I try not to ride with the phone in my hand set to record the steering wheel
It all sounds abstract and someone could say that if it comes out once a year, just ignore it and sell it. First of all, it's not my style, if I didn't fix it, I would tell the potential buyer about the problem. Secondly, I imagine the face of a buyer who releases the steering wheels during the "test drive" and she moves herself in his hands
Or a week later he calls me that I have sold him an autonomous car because he is driving himself In order not to come out that I don't care, I'll write my little lead.
In this Citroen, the power steering is electric. Sometimes, after the night, when I start the car and want to immediately open the window or turn on the wiper, both of these activities seem to take a little longer than usual. But after a while everything is fine. The alternator and battery are new and even recently charged. What if sometimes the electrician is ailing on the wipers or windows, and what if sometimes the electricity just licks a little support and the steering goes crazy? Because when driving faster, there is never a problem with it, there is always a problem after starting the car and at low speeds. Can you somehow investigate it? Eliminate somehow?
Thanks in advance for all the advice and help. If you want to answer, please write as clearly as possible, because I warn you that I am far from a car mechanic
Best regards!
Most importantly, the problem was, I unplugged the webcam, the problem does not exist.
