Suspension Knock

[halladdie]

Please can anybody help me out with this one. Whilst driving my car from cold, and still cold, I’ve noticed that there is a knocking noise coming from the front of the car . Sounds like suspension knock. Not sure if it’s that or the rack. I have an Avensis 1.8 petrol saloon on a 54 plate which has done 27500 miles. Not sure if it’s my imagination but the noise seems to dampen down once the car has done a few miles, bit like it’s warmed up. Any ideas please!java script:emoticon('', 'smid_12')

[matty2767]

i have noticed it too on the drivers side front wheel somewhere. taken it to the garage and found nothing.

[dark andrew]

When I changed my 17 215/45 tyres for 50 profile I noticed that the inside of the front tyres would sometimes hit the springs (and so I quickly changed back to 45s!) even though the increase in radius was only about 1cm. I don't know if this has any relation to your problem but it seems that there's not much clearance between the the wheel and the springs.

[halladdie]

Cheers guys. This sound is more like metal knocking noise but goes off when warmed up. Odd!

[gazza1286]

I had a similar problem with my Carina II - as you say it stopped when the car warmed up. I put it down to worn bushes on the lower wishbone. It never got worse and I left it well alone.