Rear passenger rattle sound
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Racer
Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Alva Oklahoma
Rear passenger rattle sound
I have a noise coming from the rear passenger's side of my car. It isn't a sequeling noise like brake pads getting low, and the sound does not go away when I lightly hold the breaks, or hold quite a bit of force. This makes me feel like there isn't a problem with the brakes.
My thoughts are that the shocks may be getting old. I am over 100k miles on the car and to my knowledge, they probably haven't been changed.
I have isolated the problem to something with the suspension as the sound can only be heard when going down a bumpy road, which is every street in my town.
The sound is specifically a rattle noise, it doesn't sound like a high pitch squeal or a rocking noise with the car body. I have pushed on the car body with the car parked and I cannot reproduce the noise, it can only be heard when driving, and I don't know anyone smart enough about cars to know exactly what it could be.
Please advise, thanks!
My thoughts are that the shocks may be getting old. I am over 100k miles on the car and to my knowledge, they probably haven't been changed.
I have isolated the problem to something with the suspension as the sound can only be heard when going down a bumpy road, which is every street in my town.
The sound is specifically a rattle noise, it doesn't sound like a high pitch squeal or a rocking noise with the car body. I have pushed on the car body with the car parked and I cannot reproduce the noise, it can only be heard when driving, and I don't know anyone smart enough about cars to know exactly what it could be.
Please advise, thanks!
Racer
Joined: Jul 2011
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little hard to see in the pic but I circled them. They are about 4 inches in length. If you undo one end of each link, you should be able to twist the sway bar (big thick bar they are connected to) away from the lower control arms a bit.
If the noise goes away, your issue is likely the endlinks.
If the noise goes away, your issue is likely the endlinks.
Pro
Joined: Dec 2009
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From: Columbia South Carolina
Before you go poking your nose up under the car, fasten your passenger seatbelt and go for a ride, if the noise goes away, then it was the seatbelt fastener banging up against the cars interior, it can sound like it's coming from somewhere else. A common noise problem........
