Recent content by Superorb

So the car is no longer making the noise. I unhooked the swaybar endlinks and the clanking stopped. I also tightened the bolt above the strut tower that holds down the thin sheet metal. Drove around and no sound at all. Reconnected the swaybar endlinks BUT without those stupid dampeners. Not...

Checked those "doh" things all fine. It has happened now both on a diagonal bump and while pulling out of the garage so the lip was for both wheels at the same time. Sway bar mounts on my WRX were both easy to get to and hung low. CX-5 are above the bottom of the car and behind the steering...

Thanks for your suggestions. I've had some bad luck in the family when taking their car into a shop that I'd like to avoid, but I will definitely go to a shop if I'm not able to diagnose myself so I'd like to go that route first. How can I diagnose your suggestion if possible at all? Is a pry...

Changed the oil and got under the car. I banged everything with a rubber mallet and no odd sounds or clunks. Usually this would reveal a bad ball joint and they all seemed fine. Couldn't budge the sway bar and the mount bushings looked fine. Strut top nuts were all tight.* After lowering the...

I'm changing the oil tomorrow so I'll inspect things then. Radiator mount would cause this clunk and feeling it in the cabin on bumps? I figured it would be a suspension part closer to the cabin.

Hey all. My wife just bought a 2014 CX-5 Touring FWD with 142k miles on it. While hitting a bump in a parking lot yesterday I heard a loud clunk and could feel it in my left foot resting on the dead pedal. We've had broken tie rod endlinks on other cars and this was much louder and on those...