Experiencing noises from your auto regularly is never reassuring, so discovering noises on your Mitsubishi Lancer suspensions when you go over a speed bump can be stressful. This warning sign may be a sign of a insignificant trouble as well as a warning of a much larger repair to come. Whatever the case, it is important to check the source and take the necessary actions to resolve the trouble, it is with this goal 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, after that, what can be the cause 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 Mitsubishi Lancer
Check Mitsubishi Lancer suspension
If you notice a suspension noise when you pass a speed bump on your Mitsubishi Lancer, and it is characterized by a “clack” or cracking, it is highly plausible that your suspension block is the origin of it. In fact, it may be the suspension cups, which, when they are old, 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 trouble that worries you, take a dented road and focus on the noise coming from your front axle as you circulate over holes. If it is indeed the cups, think of swapping them as soon as possible or you may ruin other parts and have to make more important repairs.
Check the cardan shaft
If you are here because you have looked for for “Mitsubishi Lancer suspension noise” and the suspension is not the cause of your problem, it may be that the cardan shaft is responsible. In fact, when the cardan bellows get out of date and the dirt/dust amasses inside them their working is deteriorated and it is possible to experience a noise when they are in torsion.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 changing it or them. If you have the feeling that this noise is more like a a loud noise on Mitsubishi Lancer, don’t hesitate to consult this article.
Check steering hinges/stabilizer bar
Finally, when you find out a suspension noise when your Mitsubishi Lancer passes over a speed bumps, it is plausible that the hinges or the stabilizer bar are responsible. Exactly like the gimbals, the steering part is mobilized when you modify direction. If this is the case, 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 origins of your noises, to check it, put it under the vehicle and apply twists on each of its elements to check that there is no special play on one of them, they are supposed to endure you quite strongly over their entire travel. Please remember to take your Mitsubishi Lancer to your auto technician or swap them if they are involved.
squeaky noise speed bump Mitsubishi Lancer
Check the stabilizer bar
If, on the other hand, you have a noise that is more like a squeak when you go over a speed bump with your Mitsubishi Lancer, it is plausible that it is the stabilizer bar itself that is involved. In fact, abnormal/pronounced wear of the latter can cause uncommon friction which can provoke this squeaking noise. Please remember to check by passing under your vehicle the condition of the paint on your bar which will show if there is friction. Second plausible explanation, it may be your stabilizer bar silentblocks that are dried out and bring on noise, in which case remove them from the cradle and grease them, this should fix the trouble.
Check engine silentblocks
Finally, last case that we can check together, it is the engine silentblocks, in fact, these silentblocks work as pads/shock absorbers between the engine and the cradle of the auto, a obvious weakness of these will generate a subsidence and therefore a space between the engine and the silentblocks, it may appear that a squeaking noise occurs when you pass a speed bumps or any holes with your Mitsubishi Lancer. To swap them go to your technician.
Other speed bump noise Mitsubishi Lancer
If, even though all its assumptions, you still can’t find the source of the noise your Mitsubishi Lancer makes when you pass a speed bump, we recommend you to read this article on a loud noise on Mitsubishi Lancer or to visit your auto technician in order to carry an in-depth check on your Mitsubishi Lancer and determine this trouble.
