j_cocker Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I am pretty clueless when it comes to car, so please bear with me. A few days ago I started to notice a faint noise coming from under my 58 reg 2.0 Diesel S-Max when the car was moving. Best way I can think of describing the noise was as it I had some chicken wire wrapped around the wheel and the noise was made when it was grinding against the metal arch around it when moving. Not very scientific, I know... It was so convincing that I even stopped to have a look it there was anything there (there wasn't). The sound seem to come and go, but I couldn't find any correlation between speed, road condition, etc and the sound itself. Anyway, today the sound become more prominent, so I tried to give the car a shake, and there seem to be a sound coming from the side when doing it. Not the same sound, but none of the other 3 wheels makes any sound when shaking. I therefore suspect something to do with the suspension for that wheel - I wouldn't be surprised considering the state of the roads here... Am I on the right track, and if so what shall I do next? It is a matter of straight to the garage for example? Thanks in advance, J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney871 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I'd get the spring checked on that corner, the roads are very punishing on them. I had one break a few weeks ago. If it is the spring then get them to check the strut top bearing at the same time, my garage didn't and it cost me another £115 for them to strip everything down to replace a broken one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregers Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 dunno if there fitted to the smax but when i ran my lexus common problem was something like a disk gaurd,thin metal that had bent?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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