I have a 99 Accord with ~115k miles. I replaced a couple tires recently and they told me my struts were beginning to wear out so I decided to replace them.

I bought four Monroe Quick-Struts and decided to replace everything myself to save a bunch of money. ✝

Everything seems to have gone in fine; there's basically one way to get the parts to fit anyways so I'm sure they're in the correct spot. However, now that I've been driving on it for a few days, I hear a sort of popping noise coming from the right-side rear. It sounds a bit like this video I found, but it's not nearly as frequent. If I do a complete rotation of my tires sitting still it might make the noise one time or perhaps none. But if I am driving and take a turn or hit a bump, it might make the noise once or twice.

Has anyone else experienced something like this? Since the parts I installed were the complete kit (strut, spring, mount) it shouldn't be any of those parts. Is it possible something is tightened too much or not enough?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!




✝ The exact parts: front left, front right, rear left & right.

Video with similar noise:

 

I'd start by re-checking your work and be sure something has not come loose after the work.

 

When you install struts. The lower pinch bolt needs to be torqued to spec with the weight of the car on them!