many strange noises. argh.

[shivars]

ok i've had the new beast (2.5, yellow, hi Shnozz!) for 3 weeks now and I have many very strange noises happening. Before I ring the dealer again and sound like a crazy stalker can anyone tell me if I should be worried about.....


....creaking from the rear suspension when going over bumps; mostly speedbumps but also some smaller ones, am sure it wasn't doing this as much before,

....loud strange whirring/horn-like noise from the power steering when turning to full lock (either direction) and holding the wheel against full lock,

....quiet-ish rubbing/squeaking from the front brakes, but only after they've warmed up a bit (just bought it and has just been MOT'd so assume pads can't be worn through, but admit I need to talk to dealer...) - or anyone got a muppet's guide to checking brake pad thickness


In case anyone else reads this in the future too, have googled+searched for the above, and closest found so far is this thread about brake noises: http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...

of course it makes lots of really good noises too, damn I love this car )

Any help appreciated

S

[alex s]

Welcome to the club.

Power steering...nothing to worry about TADT's
Rear suspension...mine does that, could be a ball joint?
Not sure about the brakes...

HTH

Alex

[snuffy]

Power steering, yep, TADTS.

[obes]

creaking sounds like a ball joint to me too

[NobleGuy]

I had a creaky sound on mine - turns out it was the clam jiggling about . I've also noticed the exhaust can squeak a bit.

[shivars]

Thanks guys - help much appreciated

Its in at Noble Motorsport in Chesterfield in a few weeks so I'll get them to check it out and make sure nothings wrong...

...and assuming nothing's wrong then maybe see some of y'all at Silverstone Southern on Mon Aug 27th

[ajg31]

NobleGuy said:

I had a creaky sound on mine - turns out it was the clam jiggling about . I've also noticed the exhaust can squeak a bit.

Think i have both of those too. exhaust brackets are still in one piece tho

[NobleGuy]

ajg31 said:

NobleGuy said:

I had a creaky sound on mine - turns out it was the clam jiggling about . I've also noticed the exhaust can squeak a bit.

Think i have both of those too. exhaust brackets are still in one piece tho

Yeah, my exhaust bracket looks fine too.