SHUMAX
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- 2019 Explorer Sport
2014 Ford Explorer Sport with 41,600 miles. Front struts and mounts replaced at 38k as the struts were leaking, FYI.
I made mention of this noise in an earlier thread and it's gotten worse. When the struts were replaced, the noise did not change, so I think those are unrelated to what's going on here.
Condition: When I drive over dips in the road, where two sections of concrete meet and there is a dip, I get a knock low in the suspension from time to time. It's metal on metal. When it does it, you can "feel" it in the steering wheel as if something were just slightly loose in the front end. Further, when I sit in the car and rock the steering wheel back and forth, you can hear the knocking in the right front.
I took a video (link below) of me standing by the car, with the motor off. You can hear the knocking sound I am talking about as I rock the steering wheel about 2" to the right and then left quickly. Interesting that if the motor is on, the noise is almost not there.
What the heck is making that sound? Sway bar link? Tie rod? I know I can take it to the dealer. Time hasn't been on my side, so I thought I would see if someone knew here.
http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums...0-CF97-41EA-A568-4DC5F5F43ECA_zpsklqiuln1.mp4
Thank you,
Shumax
I made mention of this noise in an earlier thread and it's gotten worse. When the struts were replaced, the noise did not change, so I think those are unrelated to what's going on here.
Condition: When I drive over dips in the road, where two sections of concrete meet and there is a dip, I get a knock low in the suspension from time to time. It's metal on metal. When it does it, you can "feel" it in the steering wheel as if something were just slightly loose in the front end. Further, when I sit in the car and rock the steering wheel back and forth, you can hear the knocking in the right front.
I took a video (link below) of me standing by the car, with the motor off. You can hear the knocking sound I am talking about as I rock the steering wheel about 2" to the right and then left quickly. Interesting that if the motor is on, the noise is almost not there.
What the heck is making that sound? Sway bar link? Tie rod? I know I can take it to the dealer. Time hasn't been on my side, so I thought I would see if someone knew here.
http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums...0-CF97-41EA-A568-4DC5F5F43ECA_zpsklqiuln1.mp4
Thank you,
Shumax