Front End Squeak

[reMarkable]

In the past week, I've started to notice a front-end squeak at speeds of 25mph or less in my '08 MZ5 w/6,000 miles. It seems to only happen when both sides of the car meet a dpression in the road and come back up together. In other words - if only one wheel meets a hole, it doesn't happend. I have one strech of road near my house that consistently produces it - which is how I noticed it. It either doesn't happen at higher speeds - or I can't hear it because of a the relative increase in road noise.

From my experience with other cars developing creaks - if this is what it sounds like in the hot summer - the winter is only going to get noiser.

Anyone else have this - or should I say - any heard of this before?

Thanks in Advance.

 

[AIMWO4]

Yep. I have a 2007 that does that. I plan to take it in per the TSB.

 

[reMarkable]

Thanks for the posting AIMWO4-

The TSB is specific to older models:

2006 Mazda5 vehicles with VINs lower than JM1 CR**** ** 111238 (produced before November 1, 2005) for
stabilizer bushings.
2006 Mazda5

and lists the changes made so that it doesn't happen in new models:

To stop the noise, the following mass production changes have occured.
- The shape of the front lower arms along with the attached bushings has been changed.
- The stabilizer bar bushing rubber was made harder and the amount of wax that is included in the front/
rear stabilizer bushing has been increased.

- yet it is still there - wonder what's that about? Maybe mine and yours didn't get enough wax?

Anyone with an '08 with this problem?

 

[coolmazda5]

Anyone else have this - or should I say - any heard of this before?

Not, yet (nailbyt). The 06 rear suspension squeaked for like 2-3 weeks intermittently back in March-April, but now gone (scratch). Not sure what to expect anymoh...

 

[AIMWO4]

As with other auto makers, the TSB may soon include later year models. If it's fixed, why is it not? (spin)

 

[reMarkable]

You have a point there.

Good News/Bad News on the squeaking/creaking:

Bad News is it's getting a bit more pronounced.
Good News is it will make it easier to point out to the dealer.

(Of course with a car dealer, almost any good repair news can easily spin into another cycle of bad news ;-) )

 

[08M5]

I have an 08 MZ5 with about 2,700 miles on it and I took it to the dealer two weeks ago concerning front suspension noise when going over speed bumps at low speeds. The dealer test drove it a determined that it was normal for cars to make this noise. This is the point when I explained that I have owned about 15 different vehicles over the past 22 years and only one other vehicle has ever made this noise and it was a 88 Fiero and it developed the noise after it had over 100,000 miles on it. NORMAL?!?!?!

 

[kls2000]

The dealer test drove it a determined that it was normal for cars to make this noise.

I brought a car to the dealership one time because of a "squeak." After three of them looked at it (never drove), they said it was the shocks.... The next morning my lower radius arm broke and the whole tire unit (tire/caliper, etc.) snapped off the car while I was driving. I wish the dealer would just say they don't know instead of telling you something silly like it is normal.... What car/truck/boat/plane, etc... normally squeaks? If that was normal they all should be doing it and there should be a check box for SQUEAKS on the final walk through on the car when it leaves the plant.(boom06)