Pothole Trouble
#16
Ive given up with my interior rattles, I'm going to try getting them fixed when it's apart for the airbag recall but till then I just live with it, somehow still audible over bazooka exhaust and music
#25
All of the fender support brackets look ok as do the body seams that I can see. The noise sounds like it is coming from right where the first vid focuses on, the second vid is the same area from under hood. I am stumped.
i will need to remove fender to see what it could be. It is annoying as hell when entering/exiting driveway.
i will need to remove fender to see what it could be. It is annoying as hell when entering/exiting driveway.
#26
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I'd bet it's a bad spot weld. I got rid of a Celica GTS and bought a Supra in 1994 for this reason. Found the same problem on a hatch in a Scion tC a buddy owned.
#27
Unfortunately, I think so too - I suspect it is a bad weld somewhere on the part circled in red on this photo. At least that is where the noise seems to be coming from.
Other than the general annoyance of the thing, not sure how much structural rigidity I may have lost. I do not feel any difference.
I plan on going back to the body shop and have them remove the fender and re-weld if possible.
Other than the general annoyance of the thing, not sure how much structural rigidity I may have lost. I do not feel any difference.
I plan on going back to the body shop and have them remove the fender and re-weld if possible.
#28
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Unfortunately, I think so too - I suspect it is a bad weld somewhere on the part circled in red on this photo. At least that is where the noise seems to be coming from.
Other than the general annoyance of the thing, not sure how much structural rigidity I may have lost. I do not feel any difference.
I plan on going back to the body shop and have them remove the fender and re-weld if possible.
Other than the general annoyance of the thing, not sure how much structural rigidity I may have lost. I do not feel any difference.
I plan on going back to the body shop and have them remove the fender and re-weld if possible.
#30
To close the loop on this....after spending every weekend investigating the problem, the problem is solved!
The area circled in red needed to be lightly pried away from the chassis. When I hit the pothole the fender shifted and either tightened the clearance between the chassis and the bracket or somehow loosened a portion of the weld. It caused the bracket to rub on the chassis and created binding noise heard in the vid.
Car is now back to normal, no squeaks, creaks or anything else.
The area circled in red needed to be lightly pried away from the chassis. When I hit the pothole the fender shifted and either tightened the clearance between the chassis and the bracket or somehow loosened a portion of the weld. It caused the bracket to rub on the chassis and created binding noise heard in the vid.
Car is now back to normal, no squeaks, creaks or anything else.