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Car Forum / Saab Cars / April 2005C900- noisy rear end
Howdy, During the last week or so, I noticed my car started making a new noise. I've noticed it in 2 specific circumstances: when I pull out of the parking lot behind my apartment, and when I pull into/out of the parking lot where I work. In both cases it is a 90 degree entrance and not a smooth transition of pavement. One entrance is an incline and the other has a "U" shaped cement rain gutter right at the entrance. Regular pot holes and bumps hit straight on don't seem to cause any noise, only when I am turning, in this case into or out of parking lots. Today I moved everything from the back of the car (spare tire, parcel shelf, jack, etc) into the back seat and checked over the hatch fixtures and bounced the car up and down to make sure it wasn't something obvious. Didn't make a difference. I read on one of the saab sites that the trailing arm bushings sometimes shift, so the other day I took a look under the car for anything obvious and didn't see anything. I did notice that one of the bushings (what I am assuming to be the bushings) had some cracking on the visible part. Any one have any experience with this? On an unrelated question, when checking the oil level, is the engine supposed to be on or off? > Howdy, > > During the last week or so, I noticed my car started making a new noise. What kind of noise is it? Knocking? Bumping? Grinding? <snip> > On an unrelated question, when checking the oil level, is the engine > supposed to be on or off? Off. The oil should be checked around five minutes after switching a warm engine off. >>Howdy, >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > What kind of noise is it? Knocking? Bumping? Grinding? I'm gonna have to go with a bumping noise. Everytime I hear it the first thing that pops into my mind is the hatch isn't closed all the way. I doubt it's the suspension bottoming out, as it happens at low speeds. > >>Howdy, > >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > way. I doubt it's the suspension bottoming out, as it happens at low > speeds. Actually, it generally quite likely that you'll hear the suspension bottom out at low speeds since you're only likely to negotiate the kind of bumps necessary to do that at low speeds. How are the shock absorbers or do you call them dampers ? Graham >>>>Howdy, >>>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Graham Look at your mud flaps - do you see wear on the bottom? Don't forget to check the mud flaps under the middle of the car. |
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