Finding out noises from your car regularly is never comforting, so listening noises on your Mitsubishi Outlander Sport suspensions when you go over a speed bump can be worrying. This symptom may be a sign of a minor issue as well as a warning of a much larger repair to come. Whatever the case, it is essential to check the source and take the necessary actions to solve the issue, it is with this goal in mind that we wanted to write this article to help you see more clearly. We will first see the possible reasons 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 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
Check Mitsubishi Outlander Sport suspension
If you experience a suspension noise when you pass a speed bump on your Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, and it is categorized by a “clack” or cracking, it is highly possible that your suspension block is the origin of it. In fact, it may be the suspension cups, which, when they are outdated, have the rubber (silentblock) that acts as a buffer and shock absorber for the upper part of the suspension that no longer fulfils its function during small bumps that compress the suspensions. To check if this is the issue that concerns you, take a dented road and listen to the noise coming from your front axle as you circulate over holes. If it is indeed the cups, think of swapping them quickly or you may damage other parts and have to make more important vehicle repairs.
Check the cardan shaft
If you are here because you have searched for “Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 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 In fact, when the cardan bellows get out of date and the dirt/dust amasses inside them their working is deteriorated and it is possible to experience a sound when they are in torsion.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 turn at low speed. If it cracks in these two situations you should consider changing it or them. If you have the feeling that this noise is more like a a loud noise on Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, don’t hesitate to refer to this document.
Check steering hinges/stabilizer bar
Finally, when you detect a suspension noise when your Mitsubishi Outlander Sport passes over a speed bumps, it is imaginable that the hinges or the stabilizer bar are responsible. Simply like the gimbals, the steering part is mobilized when you modify direction. If this is the situation, the parts that may have been damaged by normal 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 car and apply twists on each of its components to check that there is no particular play on one of them, they are meant to resist you quite strongly over their entire travel. Please remember to take your Mitsubishi Outlander Sport to your auto mechanic or replace them if they are involved.
squeaky noise speed bump Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
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 Outlander Sport, it is possible that it is the stabilizer bar itself that is involved. In fact, abnormal/pronounced wear of the latter can cause irregular friction which can generate this squeaking noise. Keep in mind to check by going under your car the condition of the paint on your bar which will tell us if there is friction. Second possible point, it may be your stabilizer bar silentblocks that are dried out and bring on noise, in which case disassemble them from the cradle and grease them, this should solve the issue.
Check engine silentblocks
Finally, last point that we can check together, it is the engine silentblocks, actually, these silentblocks function as pads/shock absorbers between the engine and the cradle of the car, a obvious weakness of these will generate a subsidence and therefore a space between the engine and the silentblocks, it may happen that a squeaking noise occurs when you pass a speed bumps or any holes with your Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. To swap them go to your auto technician.
Other speed bump noise Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
If, despite all its assumptions, you still can’t uncover the origin of the noise your Mitsubishi Outlander Sport makes when you pass a speed bump, we encourage you to consult this content on a loud noise on Mitsubishi Outlander Sport or to visit your auto mechanic in order to carry an in-depth check on your Mitsubishi Outlander Sport and determine this issue.
