jlong3382

I'm pretty sure I have the infamous front end noise that most of you have when you hit a bump, or.......in my case.........when you lightly increase throttle. I didn't know how to describe it so I went to my dealership today (they're REALLY cool about aftermarket parts) and took the service manager for a ride so he could hear the noise for himself. I didn't want a "unable to duplicate concern."

When he gets out of my car, the first thing he does it see how many fingers he can stick in my fender gaps

He tells me he'll call me when they know what the problem is. I'm honestly expecting to have to pay to have the problem fixed because of the sportline's but, my dealer has suprised me with how much they'll cover under warrenty work before........................so we'll see shortly.

The car went in at 9. It's now 10:20. The wait is on..................I'll let you guys know how it goes.

Any Thoughts?

weiss27md

Bad lower control arms?

northvibe

iTrader: (1)

uhh what does the noise sound like? saying it makes a noise I have no idea wtf that is.

boostedss26

Control arm bushings or sway bar links?

ml2242

i have the same sort of noise every time i hit a bump or especially go over railroad tracks i get a clunking noise, i was told it may be the control arm bushings.

biniecki

control arm bushings or steering column. I have had to have both replaced twice so far.

SCcobaltSS

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x2

I was having a similar problem and the nut on the link was unscrewing itself... tightened it and now its fine.. scares me that there is not a castle nut on there with a bent cotter pin for safety.

jlong3382

Squeaky, clunky, kinda noise. more squeky than clunky. if that make sense.

12:30..........still no call

northvibe

iTrader: (1)

is it a metallic noise? yeah theres so much crap up there plus ur on lowering springs its hard to say.

cgrammer

Hm... I've had the same issue for a few years now

If I find out what it is, I may fix it

Permafried-

When my 2.2 did that (under the same circumstances) it was lower control arm bushings...twice.

jlong3382

ok folks.....................I got the car back................the service advisor I talked to this morning had left for the day and the service tech went to lunch. They told me they special ordered a part UNDER WARRENTY and that it would come in 3-4 days. All the information I have from the reciept right now is this:

Problem Description (as entered by the service manager):

CHECK CLANKING NOISE FROM RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION
SLOW SPEEDS WHEN ACCELERATING
PART(S) HAVE BEEN SPECIAL ORDERED

PART # DESCRIPTION

25827846 MOUNT

I tried to look up what that mount was but I can't find anymore info that what I already have. Help would be appreciated? Thanks

jlong3382

Turns out that the mount is an engine mount

cgrammer

That's what we've concluded our issue is, too. Seriously,

jlong3382

wow.............you have a bad mount too?..........I figured mine had something to do with this:



Back in October.

cgrammer

I rear ended a Cavi 2 years ago in May. So yeah... it may be the issue we have as well.