I just want to report that I am hearing a noise that sounds like a spring popping.
It seems to happen when I reverse and turn the wheel and tonight it when I turned into my driveway (which has a small bump). It has happend on level pavement as well too. I have about 3000 kms on it but I figure I would point it out to other 2011 owners.
It does not happen when going over speed bumps nor does it creak it seems only when the wheel is turned. It is also intermittent, I cannot reproduce it consistently .
I am going to have it looked at but I was just letting other know.
Try bouncing the front if you can or lift and pushing down from the wheel well.
I had a steel snapping sound in my Caravan years ago and it felt like the torsion bar was cracked. I could feel in while holding and bouncing the vehicle.
It turned out to be the bar bushings clamp weren't tight enough on the bushings. The pressure with the movement generated the sound. I eventually replaced the clamps and rubber bushings and never had it happen again.
However, its pretty early in the life of yours to have that problem.
With the wheel turned it could be in a CV joint on either shaft or wheel hub bearing since its requiring some lateral stress it seems. Those are areas working much harding on turns then going straight.
You vehicle is way too new for a wearing fault. There is a defective part somewhere from the build. They just have to keep looking. If you come up with a way to repeat the sound driving then they should be able to find it.
Sorry, they [the dealer] checked it. I am trying to replicate this problem so I can pull the mechanic/advisor in and then have him hear it, but that's going to require a bit more time.
Just thinking, if it was the CV joint or related would this notice not happen when ever I am moving and have the steering turned more than halfway ?
My main goal was to have it documented on a service report so in the future they can't say that I was either negligent or anything along those lines.
I am hearing in the patriot forums that there is an issue with Camber Bolts and that people are having alignment problems. Could this be causing the noise?
When moving slow or very very slow the binding or play (whatever it is) can go in an out and generate the offending sound. Thats not always the case when parts are moving fast and the sound may minimized or not occur at all. It would have to be quite bad for that to happen whenever you move or turn the wheel.
No knowing where its coming from make it difficult to suggest more than I have to issolate it. All I can say is try various manouvers in an empty area of a parking lot trying to replicated the move you do when it does it on its own.
The mechanics should have a good idea of what could be causing it and check those points throughly for binding, play, poor fitting or mount etc and can spin and move the front end around on the hoist.
It's not up to you to be mechanically savey and find the problem or even be able to replicate it.
You report it and they need to throughly check and find the problem. Sometime taking it to a different dealer with better people gets to the bottom of it as I have done a number of times already for my issues some of which are unresolved after 9 visits and many part replacements over three dealers. I just don't let up.
Keep pushing and have the service rep indicate on the work order you have a safety concern that it may cause and accident when it fails. Then if something happens they're setup for a law suit. This will force the dealer to really go through it or they will be scr...ed if something ever happened.
The symptoms sound really close to what I am experiencing as he describes driving on bumps with steering wheel turned. And since I have experienced it when backing out of a parking lot that is flat asphalt, the pressure in the steering line may be clanging across so metal parts on the car.
I have a "whining" sound sometimes when I turn to the left. Seems it happens more when I am slowing down and turning left quick or hard or when going over a bump so that the springs in the front are extended down. Could any of this be related to my problem?
On a side note, I went to Firestone to get my oil changed to synthetic blend (I have gone there for several years and always get synthetic blend for about $22) and I had them look at the steering to see if there was anything wrong. They couldn't find anything with the steering, but found a skrew that was on the inside too close to the sidewall so that it was deemed "irrepairable". Would this be covered by my warranty? I hate to have to buy a new tire when I only have 9,000 miles on the Compass...
If you haven't done anything too it and it still the same causing tire damage. Take it you your selling dealer if possible otherwise another. It has to fixed if not assembled correctly and they should cover the tire. But they'll have to see it. Get the manager involved if required and if further call customer relations.
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