shelleygraham

When turning or going over a high spot in road I hear metal scraping underneath drivers side. I looked underneath and there is something metal all scraped up. The dealer said it was a metal strap and they "put it back up". What is this metal piece and does the lower radiator support bracket hold this in place ? I was told by someone else the lower radiator support bracket is broke. The dealer didnt see this they just put back the metal strap !

DSOMC6

Do you happen to have a picture you could post? It appears you are correct because the only metal piece (black,about 1'x1" in diameter) that extends below the front bumper cover is the lower rad support. If that's the case, your dealer doesn't care or is a dumb a$$.

Driving with a broken rad support, especially on the passenger side, can cause the radiator to drop just enough and rest on the lower tranny fluid line that routes to the radiator for cooling (if so equipped). This often results in a cracked line, leaking tranny fluid and possibly tranny damage (no low tranny fluid message will display on dic btw). Least case, it's a huge pia changing the hard line.

Post a pic or get someone knowlegable to look at it.

Mark257wm

nick14003

have you been love tapping parking concrete blocks?

If so, the lower radiator support is raped.
It's made out of aluminum for weight purposes so it is very weak.

Option 1, slightly damaged, have an aluminum brazer fix it. $1-300.
Option 2, beyond recovery, replace support $300-600.

I replaced mine myself, found one for ~$300.

EVRose

This thread is over 6 years old.

nick14003

lmfao why would someone bring this up... i didnt even check the dates

buckmeister2

Because EV likes short answers...

Mark257wm