Hearing noises from your vehicle frequently is never reassuring, so listening noises on your Ford Transit suspensions when you go over a speed bump can be stressful. This warning sign may be a sign of a minor issue as well as a warning of a much larger repair to come. In any case, it is necessary to check the cause and take the necessary actions to resolve the issue, it is with this intention in mind that we wanted to write this content to support you see more clearly. We will first see the possible reasons for a crack when the speed bump passes, after that, 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 Ford Transit
Check Ford Transit suspension
If you encounter a suspension noise when you pass a speed bump on your Ford Transit, 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 role during small bumps that compress the suspensions. To check if this is the issue that concerns you, take a dented road and pay attention to the noise coming from your front axle as you drive over holes. If it is indeed the cups, think of changing them quickly or you may ruin other parts and have to make more important fixes.
Check the cardan shaft
If you are here because you have looked for for “Ford Transit 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 Indeed, when the cardan bellows get out of date and the dirt/dust amasses inside them their action is deteriorated and it is possible to experience a sound when they are in torsion.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 circumstances you should consider changing it or them. If you have the feeling that this noise is more like a a loud noise on Ford Transit, don’t hesitate to check out this content.
Check steering hinges/stabilizer bar
Finally, when you detect a suspension noise when your Ford Transit passes over a speed bumps, it is imaginable that the hinges or the stabilizer bar are responsible. Just like the gimbals, the steering part is mobilized when you modify direction. If this is the situation, the components that may have been affected by usual 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, position it under the vehicle and apply twists on each of its components to check that there is no special 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 mechanic or swap them if they are involved.
squeaky noise speed bump Ford Transit
Check the stabilizer bar
If, alternatively, you have a noise that is more like a squeak when you go over a speed bump with your Ford Transit, it is plausible that it is the stabilizer bar itself that is involved. Indeed, abnormal/pronounced wear of the latter can cause uncommon friction which can provoke this squeaking noise. Bear in mind to check by passing under your vehicle the condition of the paint on your bar which will reveal if there is friction. Second plausible explanation, it may be your stabilizer bar silentblocks that are dry and bring on noise, in which case take them off from the cradle and grease them, this should resolve the issue.
Check engine silentblocks
Finally, last possibility 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 evident fatigue of these will generate a subsidence and therefore a space between the engine and the silentblocks, it may happen that a squeaking noise happens when you pass a speed bumps or any holes with your Ford Transit. To change them go to your mechanic.
Other speed bump noise Ford Transit
If, despite all its assumptions, you still can’t locate the source of the noise your Ford Transit makes when you pass a speed bump, we suggest you to read this content on a loud noise on Ford Transit or to visit your auto mechanic in order to carry an in-depth check on your Ford Transit and determine this issue.
