[mwrbunny]

Before my H2 I had a '03 Suburban. There was a mid-section steering shaft that would get loosey-goosey after about 40K miles, and your steering would feel a little "clunky" over bumps, etc....It was apparantly a common maintenance item, because the part was always backordered. I recall it was about a $250 problem....shaft was replaced.

The steering shaft had a midsection so that the steering column could fold in a severe head on collision (at least that's how the dealer explained it.)

I don't know if the H2 has similar technology, but you might want to check on it.