Yesterday, I noticed that my wife's 06 Freestyle was clicking while the wheels were turned to the stops. My first thought was that I had a bad CV joint. The car only has 51k miles on it and has been garaged and babied since new so I was surprised.

I took the front wheels off and the CV joint boots looked great on both sides. I did notice though that there was some wear on the steering stops. I put some synthetic grease on the stops on both sides and put the wheels back on. Worked like a champ. No more noise. All for the cost of...nothing.

I guess now I'll check those things during each oil change. The only question that remains: why do women not alert anyone when their car starts making strange noises?

 

Thanks for the tip.
Wifes '06 Freestyle makes the same noise, but has 78,000 miles.
will check it out next oil change.