As the cold weather has once again reached us here in New England, I find my
front struts getting noisy again. It's usually just on cold
mornings...drive around and I hear a low-level, but certainly audible,
clunking sounds coming from the front struts. Later in the day as the temps
go up, the sounds are gone.
I had the dealer take the car overnight last year, and sure enough they
heard it too, thought it was odd, then simply replaced the struts and the
problem disappeared...at least until the cold weather came back this season.
Anyone heard this on theirs?
- tex
Shane Almeida - 17 Dec 2005 01:42 GMT
> As the cold weather has once again reached us here in New England, I find my
> front struts getting noisy again. It's usually just on cold
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> Anyone heard this on theirs?
My car (2004 9-3 Aero) is definitely noiser in the cold weather (I'm also
in New England). When the suspension compresses, you can hear it, which
doesn't happen even in slightly warmer (above 30F or 40F) weather. The
first time it happened, I was going probably a little too fast over a
railroad crossing and thought I had bottomed-out the front spoiler because
it made sort of a scraping sound.
Malt_Hound - 17 Dec 2005 13:24 GMT
>>As the cold weather has once again reached us here in New England, I find my
>>front struts getting noisy again. It's usually just on cold
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> railroad crossing and thought I had bottomed-out the front spoiler because
> it made sort of a scraping sound.
Sometimes that will happen because of the snow/slush deposits that have
built up in the rear of each wheel well. Then you hit a big bump and
*crunch*! It can be a bit scary when it happens...

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