Discovering noises from your vehicle frequently is never reassuring, so discovering noises on your Lancia Ypsilon suspensions when you go over a speed bump can be stressful. This warning sign may be a sign of a small issue as well as a warning of a much larger repair to come. In any case, it is important to check the cause and take the necessary actions to eliminate the issue, it is with this intention in mind that we wanted to write this document to help you see more clearly. We will first see the possible explanations for a crack when the speed bump passes, then, what can be the reason of a squeaking noise when a speed bump is being passed and finally what to do if you have another noise when a speed bump is passed.
Suspension cracking noise Lancia Ypsilon
Check Lancia Ypsilon suspension
If you encounter a suspension noise when you pass a speed bump on your Lancia Ypsilon, and it is categorized by a “clack” or cracking, it is highly plausible that your suspension block is the cause of it. Indeed, it may be the suspension cups, which, when they are dead, have the rubber (silentblock) that acts as a buffer and shock absorber for the upper part of the suspension that no longer fulfils its job during small bumps that compress the suspensions. To check if this is the issue that worries you, take a dented road and listen to the noise coming from your front axle as you go over holes. If it is indeed the cups, think of swapping them fairly quickly or you may damage other parts and have to make more important auto repairs.
Check the cardan shaft
If you are here because you have searched for “Lancia Ypsilon suspension noise” and the suspension is not the cause of your problem, it may be that the cardan shaft is responsible. Indeed, when the cardan bellows get out of date and the dirt/dust accumulates inside them their working is deteriorated and it is possible to experience a sound when they are in torsion. To check this, you can try both types of torsion, first vertical with suspension compressions on the speed bump passages, and horizontal when you are going to make a turn at low speed. If it cracks in these two conditions you should consider swapping it or them. If you have the feeling that this noise is more like a a loud noise on Lancia Ypsilon, don’t hesitate to visit this document.
Check steering hinges/stabilizer bar
Finally, when you experience a suspension noise when your Lancia Ypsilon passes over a speed bumps, it is possible that the hinges or the stabilizer bar are responsible. Exactly like the gimbals, the steering part is mobilized when you vary direction. If this is your situation, the components that may have been damaged by regular wear and tear or impacts (e. g. sidewalks). The steering hinges, the stabilizer bar hinges. can be the causes of your noises, to check it, place it under the vehicle and apply twists on each of its elements to check that there is no particular play on one of them, they are supposed to resist you quite strongly over their entire travel. Please remember to take your vehicle to your auto technician or replace them if they are involved.
squeaky noise speed bump Lancia Ypsilon
Check the stabilizer bar
If, however, you have a noise that is more like a squeak when you go over a speed bump with your Lancia Ypsilon, it is plausible that it is the stabilizer bar itself that is concerned. Indeed, abnormal/pronounced wear of the latter can cause abnormal friction which can generate this squeaking noise. Bear in mind to check by going under your vehicle the condition of the paint on your bar which will indicate if there is friction. Second plausible point, it may be your stabilizer bar silentblocks that are dried out and provoke noise, in which case take them off from the cradle and grease them, this should fix the issue.
Check engine silentblocks
Finally, last point that we can check together, it is the engine silentblocks, actually, these silentblocks act as pads/shock absorbers between the engine and the cradle of the vehicle, a pronounced fatigue of these will create a subsidence and therefore a space between the engine and the silentblocks, it may happen that a squeaking noise shows up when you pass a speed bumps or any holes with your Lancia Ypsilon. To change them go to your technician.
Other speed bump noise Lancia Ypsilon
If, even though all its assumptions, you still can’t uncover the origin of the noise your Lancia Ypsilon makes when you pass a speed bump, we advise you to read this article on a loud noise on Lancia Ypsilon or to visit your auto technician in order to carry an in-depth check on your Lancia Ypsilon and find this issue.
