Shake, rattle & roll?

[KurlyKeef]

Are all IQ’s as horrendously noisy over anything other than “snooker table smooth” road surfaces?

The dashboard, internal plastic and seat creaks like crazy in mine. In addition to this the ride is exceptionally firm and unforgiving and driving over even small holes results in a massive “thud” that goes right through you. I am starting to wonder whether I have some sort of problem with my suspension or something related.

[en8wall69]

My 2014 IQ has a lot of rattles from the dash over certain roads too.  I used to have a GT86 and that creaked and rattled too.

The IQ has a short wheelbase and suspension is a little firm so that can contribute  to crash ride. If there's anything amiss with your suspension it'll get picked up at MOT. You could look at the car's MOT history on line and see if any suspension issues were down as advisories in the past.

[KurlyKeef]

Couple of advisories at last MOT. Could these be a contributory factor?

• Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
• Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))

 

 

[en8wall69]

They're both suspension advisories so could well be something to do with it if they've worsened but without someone going under the car to look you won't know.