Front passenger side rattling/clunk
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Gobbracing
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- Owned a 2003.5 Yellow MSP
Check tes endlinks de sway bar for starters.
Did that tonight... I went under and tried to shake it as hard as I could and everything was rock solid!
Sounds more like something is loose (huh) !?
tweakingmsp
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- 2003.5 MazdaSPEED Protege
What kind of sound is it? Is it a squeek or a clunk or etc.?
here's a weird possible cause that happened to me.
i had the lug nut key, which I must of set down on the carpet in back, get beneath the carpeting under the passenger seat through the floor vent hole in the carpet. every time i accelerated it clunked as it rolled back and vice versa.
i swore the sound was coming from outside the car and I won't admit how long it took me to discover this, but let's just say I now have 2 lug nut keys!
good luck
out
i had the lug nut key, which I must of set down on the carpet in back, get beneath the carpeting under the passenger seat through the floor vent hole in the carpet. every time i accelerated it clunked as it rolled back and vice versa.
i swore the sound was coming from outside the car and I won't admit how long it took me to discover this, but let's just say I now have 2 lug nut keys!
good luck
out
Its more like a clunk, no squeeking!
tweakingmsp
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- 2003.5 MazdaSPEED Protege
check your sway bar bushings and endlinks.
I would inspect the swaybar end links jacking the entire front end (one jack on each side + jack stands for safety). My driver side swaybar link was rock solid while on the ground, but it was pretty loose when both wheels were off the ground. Fixed my problem with AWR end links and new swaybar bushing. Good luck!
FunkyBuddha
Tuned by Slick Nick
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- 2003 Spicy Orange MSP
Know what I found? 2 Loose nuts that hold the hood to the hinges. That was what was causing the rattling sound. You could look for those.
Ill check that as well... thanks!
Stormtrooper77
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- 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege
Did you find what was causing this? I have the exact same sounds. I know my bushing probably need replacing but my endlinks are pretty new.
hollar1211
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i've been hearing the same sound for 2 weeks now.
It was a loose endlink. Even with the car jacked I could not even hear it when I was grabbing it hard, but after changing it the noise went away!
From what I read it is pretty much always a broken endlink when you hear a sound coming from that area.
Stormtrooper77
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- 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege
I'm really leaning towards getting rid of the car. I mean, changing endlinks every 6 months to a year is ridiculous. I just changed my fronts in October and they are already noisy.
