Cashcrazy
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- Joined
- April 2, 2015
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- City, State
- TX
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2011 Limited Explorer
After reading the post about the body mount rubbers, I was pretty enthusiastic about this fixing it. I went and looked at my rubbers and although pretty damaged they are still there and functioning. My car also only makes the popping going at slow speeds in a very tight turn. Normal driving and turning is not an issue. I would expect to hear sounds during all types of driving if it was the rubbers.
That all said, I mounted my cell phone and captured video of the rubber just in front of the front doors on each side of the car during the noises and I see zero movement in this area or down the side of the car. I am pretty sure the worn out rubbers are not the cause in my case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U9o47GVBa4&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-WXZxljkGs&feature=youtu.be
I really need a way to triangulate where the sound is coming from underneath. It would be great if there was an app for phones that could determine which direction a sound is coming from based on the microphone and noise cancelling microphone.
I also presume there is no safe way to be under the car while slowly moving 10 ft to see if I can narrow it down.
My popping seems to slowly getting worse. I had someone else replicate the noise while I looked at various areas. I can't pin point the exact area. I can now make the sound occur at a low speed, sharp turn, and then bump the gas or brake. I hope to throw some new parts on it this weekend.