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06-22-2013, 10:39 AM | #1 |
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knocking noise Please Help
Hey so out of nowhere i started hearing this knocking/ clicking noise while driving around town. When I accelerate i hear it click/knock and the same thing when i come to a stop or go over a big bump or something. It seems that when the inertia pulls the car back or pushes it forward, something in the suspension knocks.
Does this sound like a possible bushing/control arm/ tie rod problem? Have any of you guys experienced this before? Im at about 120k miles. Thanks for any input
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06-22-2013, 06:22 PM | #2 |
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I think I'm going through exactly what you're talking about. I'm taking my car to a shop on monday, I'll let you know what they tell me!
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06-24-2013, 03:04 PM | #3 |
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Sounds good man, any update on what the problem is?
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06-25-2013, 10:00 AM | #5 |
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06-25-2013, 06:56 PM | #6 |
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hmm okay if it is indeed that i hope its not too hard to replace.
I put KW V1 coil overs in probably like 8000 miles ago so if it was that i would imagine i would've started hearing it right away. What did your shop say?
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06-26-2013, 09:44 AM | #7 |
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I have the same exact sound. Happens when rolling slowly over small bumps, or shifting the weight of the car in a stop/start.
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06-26-2013, 10:38 AM | #8 |
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isnt it so annoying, what do you think it could be?
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06-26-2013, 10:47 AM | #9 |
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I had a similar problem once. It ended up being the strut bar bolts not being torqued correctly. Mostly the big center one. Maybe something to check quick.
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06-26-2013, 10:53 AM | #10 |
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Really the strut bar huh? You dont mean the sway bars right? I put in a ecs tuning CF strut bar so I guess it could be that, I will check it out.
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06-26-2013, 11:03 AM | #11 |
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Yeah, you could hear something "click" going over bumps, or when stressing the suspension at odd angles out of a driveway, for example.
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06-26-2013, 06:18 PM | #12 |
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So I brought it to the dealer (at no charge thankfully) and they checked out my sway bar end links and they said they are nice and tight so thats not the problem, strut bar is also nice and tight so its not that. They said it could by my engine mount bushings but without spending some time diagnosing it its really hard to tell......great so thats gonna cost me $130 just to figure it out.
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06-27-2013, 06:26 AM | #14 |
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if it was that I feel like I would hear it all the time, this only happens on occasion at slow speeds and also i noticed when in the morning when i havent driven my car all night i dont hear it untill i start driving it a bit.....mysterious i may just have to pay bmw to figure it out
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I'm haveing the same issue and its bothering the shit out of me. Let us know what you find out. I have Pss9 Coilovers.
I had a shop look at it, and they made me change my thruster/contorl arms and it still was not the problem. They are now saying its the upper strut mount. |
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07-08-2013, 05:32 PM | #22 |
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I have the same issue with a creaking in the firewall due to the large center strut bar bolt. Unfortunately I cannot find the right torx size to retorque it
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