Clunking from left rear side?
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Clunking from left rear side?
My "5" has this annoying clunking coming from the right rear side that occurs whenever and wherever. Temperature has no bearing at all. The only thing that's strange is that it stops if the roads are wet, or it's raining. This leads me to believe that it's a bushing on the stabilizer. I'm going to spray it with some teflon/silicon and see what happens. To date I've read of no permanate fix for this on ANY site I've visited. All that dealers seem to do is replace them, only to have it continue. I'm a mechanic and am pretty miffed that after 2 years of ownership this problem hasn't been rectified yet.
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#9
I figured mine out. Turns out it was the rear swaybar had worked it's way lose on the right (non-drive) side of the car. I took the nut off, put some red locktite on the bolt and tightened it up again and have no problems since.
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My "5" has this annoying clunking coming from the right rear side that occurs whenever and wherever. Temperature has no bearing at all. The only thing that's strange is that it stops if the roads are wet, or it's raining. This leads me to believe that it's a bushing on the stabilizer. I'm going to spray it with some teflon/silicon and see what happens. To date I've read of no permanate fix for this on ANY site I've visited. All that dealers seem to do is replace them, only to have it continue. I'm a mechanic and am pretty miffed that after 2 years of ownership this problem hasn't been rectified yet.
#12
The bushings are the actually issue, they wear out and cause the knocking sound, we replace them and cover them in lubricant. Hopefully for your sake they don't wear out soon as that loctite is gunna make it a real PITA.
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