It started 2 weeks ago and its really bad now. Its a bad squeeky noise that occurs when Im driving and when the car is idle. Happens when I get in the car etc. I first thought one of the illuminas went out but the car drives the same, its not any more bouncy or harsh than it was before and I see no liquid or oil around the strut. Its absolutely driving me CRAZY and its embarrasing. Well heres a soundclip...chime in if you have any ideas

Oh and by the way, the insulators are in place on each of the coils of the springs. Also the car was idle in this clip and its impossible for me to record this sound when driving b/c my car is too loud but the noise is the same. I was just pushing the car up and down here...dont get any nasty ideas

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Springs need to be lubed? wow that is an extremely annoying sound.

 

its 10x worse when driving man

 

location of the origin of the sound? that'll narrow it down.

 

rear passenger wheel

 

chickens in your trunk

i have the same sound from the same side and my girls says thats what it is. i have checked everything under there and cant figure it out

 

rear shock mount is toast

 

shock mounts?

 

ive checked mounts, RSB bushings, etc. anything that would move when the suspension compresses and cant figure out where its coming from. i dont even notice anymore

 

yes, the part the shock mounts to.

 

its hard not to notice it anymore...its so much more worse when the car is moving. You know what the funny thing is? 2 weeks ago I had a nail in my rear passenger tire so I took it to my local service station to get a patch. Apparently the nail was a tiny one and didnt go thru the tire...he just pulled it out and it was fine. But when he bolted the wheel back on thats when I noticed the noise..he didnt touch anything else

 

I'm not going through the trouble of posting the picture but on page 20 of the "SU" section of the service manual you will see it.

 

LOL. I know what that is, my post was for the OP. I guess i hit reply just a minute too late

 

proof that causes the problem

 

the noise...stopped

 

Whoa. That's a funny noise.
I have a noise in my rear passenger side too. It's more of a rattling noise. Sounds like it's in the strut area. Maybe a loose bolt or something.

 

the proof is in the trunk

 

I was just being a smart a$$

 

and the noise came back...again

This leads me to believe it has something to do with the weather...this morning it was silent and as it got colder at night I started hearing it more

 

sounds like someting is hitting the rubber, maybe the door? or trunk lid?

 

may be its a car jack inside little loose had that happend to me one time

 

yeah...also the spare tire.

 

nope...both of those things were checked

 

wheel not torqued to spec and it's loose? Sorry dude...just speculations at this point in time.

 

try taking the wheel off and putting it back on.. maybe with some new lug nuts

 

So are you not going to check what I said it is? I can almost guarantee you thats what it is going to be. But by all means feel free to keep looking all over the rest of the car for that squeek.

 

I made it easy for you. I circled the part thats making noise.

 

I didnt forget to check the mounts...I just dont have my jack right now (yes even the one in the trunk). I'll see if I can use someone else's. thanks for the diagram

 

You need to look at it from the trunk to see if the piston is moving.

 

i guess people dont believe me that it isnt the mounts....

 

Nope not even a little bit, now please leave this thread with your bad attitude

 

ive had the problem for 2 years and cant figure it out...you think you can just guess and be right

 

I had the problem for 5 years before I figured it out

 

check the scissor jack?

thats what caused mine

 

Reading >>>>>>> you

 

In fact I think he totally removed it to be positive.........

Try spraying everything rubber down with SILICONE spay

 

hmmm . . . I just did my struts and springs yesterday. And I have a similar squeeking sound today. Didn't change the mounts.

Everything's coming out of the trunk tomorrow to ensure that I get a flat.

I presume you checked the strut mount and it is tight. right?

 

is it coming from the right rear side? check your muffler and rear exhaust pipe. maybe it cracked.

 

Have you checked to make sure that the piston nut on the rear strut is tightened down? (the side where the noise is coming from).

 

Where in the trunk do I need to look to see if the piston is moving? I am ashamed to say that I could not find it.

Thnx