So, can anyone tell me what a box sounds or acts when it is about to go kaput. Thanks.

 

mine went out shortly after i put my lift on......didn't make a sound just lost my ps......but its ok dodge fixed it for free

 

Really, they still warrentied it after the lift was on, nice.

 

when mine went at 68,000 it didnt make any noise still had PS and the truck handled fine, i didnt know it was bad, took it in for the turbo to be replaced and service advisor drove it and he said it was bad so it was fixed for free also

 

Yeah I know the tell tale sign is the steering getting heavy as in no ps. But I am hearing this sound and it is driving me crazy. I might have to take some video of it and post it up for a better diagnosis.

 

my truck sounds like something is loose in the front but it only coming from the drivers side

 

When it sounds like there is something loose up there I found it was normally the ball joints going bad. It came from the side specific (driver's side) and was really noticable when I went over bumps... When I got a loud whinning Noise from my Ford's power steering I found the power steering fluid level was low....

 

Yeah the fluid level is good, which was the first thing I checked. So I dont know

 

I just had the intermediate steering shaft replaced in my 06. The dealer also told me that it was probably ball joints and replaced them first. He said it seems like the Diesels are going through ball joints a lot quicker.

Anyway, after that the rattle was still there, I took it back and told them it was the shaft. I could feel it in the steering wheel and brake pedal though. If you can't feel it in the wheel or pedals, it's probably the ball joints.