aquarius

A loud and conistent rattling/knocking noise comes from the front passenger tire area under any form of deceleration(braking, decelerating gears, even a moving idle). But theres absolutely nothing under any throttle. It wasnt bad for a while...but now..unless i basically floor it...the entire car shakes. has anyone experienced such a problem? It can't have anyhting to do with wheels or tires because its done it on two sets. Also, the engine feels like its running perfectly. No check engine light...nothing but an orange maintenance required light.
Thanks for your help.

aquarius

up. new not. the rattling now comes from both wheels. when i drive slowly its like it gets to a certain point every revolution of the wheel then pops

TicToc A*moto

maybe a broken front endlink or both?

vtecspeed1320

sounds like your axles are going bad.

MidwestSiR

are you getting a vibration during braking? Could be the following:

- bad balljoints (pop/clicks/vibrations)
- CV's are worn (clicking when cornering)
- Endlinks are broken (rattle over small bumps/ car will feel less stable in corners)
- Dust shields for brakes are bent (vibrations/ clicking/knocking)
- Brake pads are loose from retainer clips (vibration when braking/wobble/knocking)
- Tierods are shot (vibrations while braking, car pulls left or right, loose steering, knocking..)

It's seriously near impossible to diagnose from online discriptions.. help yourself out and jack the car up and look for broken endlinks, dust shield hitting brake rotor, CV grease all over the place or play in your tierods.

then post up

aquarius

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MidwestSiR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are you getting a vibration during braking? Vibration during braking and non braking. Basically anything except full throttle...and even then above 40.

Could be the following:

- bad balljoints (pop/clicks/vibrations)
Definitely happening
- CV's are worn (clicking when cornering)
Also happening
- Endlinks are broken (rattle over small bumps/ car will feel less stable in corners)
Still Corners okay
- Dust shields for brakes are bent (vibrations/ clicking/knocking)
Possibly, but I just changed my wheels out and they looked okay.
- Brake pads are loose from retainer clips (vibration when braking/wobble/knocking)
Brakes are as steady as always

- Tierods are shot (vibrations while braking, car pulls left or right, loose steering, knocking..)
Could be. But the pulling doesnt seem to be a huge problem....and it vibrates without braking.

It's seriously near impossible to diagnose from online discriptions.. help yourself out and jack the car up and look for broken endlinks, dust shield hitting brake rotor, CV grease all over the place or play in your tierods.

then post up</TD></TR></TABLE>

MidwestSiR

ok? so did you fix or what? I'm willing to watch this thread and try to help bro

aquarius

it's not fixed. As of now its sitting in the dealer lot. I'm getting it looked at on monday. Sorry if my laziness and lack of mechanical skill disappoints you. But when they diagnose the exact problem I will update.

MidwestSiR

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by aquarius &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it's not fixed. As of now its sitting in the dealer lot. I'm getting it looked at on monday. Sorry if my laziness and lack of mechanical skill disappoints you. But when they diagnose the exact problem I will update. </TD></TR></TABLE>

no worries.. i just know what it's like to ask a question on this board and never get a legit answer quickly

aquarius

I do appreciate it...its good to have an idea of the problem before hitting the dealership because we know how they love to take advantage of ones ignorance.

MidwestSiR

make sure to post up what they diagnose.. I should be able to tell ya if it's BS or not if you're not sure

Feel free to PM me as well

aquarius

update: really no news about the cars condition...but I test drove a 4 door si after talking to the mechanic. pretty solid car. a little heavy..but smooth and comfy as hell.

i asked them about the 4dr mugen edition and they said only 1000 of the 1700 dealers are getting one..and each only gets one. sounds pretty cool.

updates about the problem later on...

bayeg6

is it a clicking noise that is coming from the front end

aquarius

they say its motormounts and they want 510 dollars to replace them all.
Also, i guess theres a problem with one of my rims...they said that one of the lug holes was oval shaped and was messing up the stud, which sucks because i just got the rims and mounted falken azenis rt 615s....anyone had such a problem/know how to correct it? thanks