Discovering noises from your automobile often is never comforting, so discovering noises on your Peugeot Rifter suspensions when you go over a speed bump can be stressing. This sign may be a sign of a insignificant trouble as well as a warning of a much larger repair to come. In any case, it is necessary to check the origin and take the necessary actions to eliminate the trouble, it is with this objective in mind that we wanted to write this content to help you see more clearly. We will first see the possible causes 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 Peugeot Rifter
Check Peugeot Rifter suspension
If you experience a suspension noise when you pass a speed bump on your Peugeot Rifter, and it is categorized 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 In fact, it may be the suspension cups, which, when they are out of date, have the rubber (silentblock) that acts as a buffer and shock absorber for the upper part of the suspension that no longer fulfils its job during small bumps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 verify if this is the trouble that concerns you, take a dented road and focus on the noise coming from your front axle as you drive 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 fixes.
Check the cardan shaft
If you are here because you have researched for “Peugeot Rifter 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 In fact, when the cardan bellows get out of date and the dirt/dust amasses inside them their working is deteriorated and it is possible to experience a noise when they are in torsion.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 verify 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 cases you should consider swapping it or them. If you have the feeling that this noise is more like a a loud noise on Peugeot Rifter, don’t hesitate to visit this content.
Check steering hinges/stabilizer bar
Finally, when you know a suspension noise when your Peugeot Rifter passes over a speed bumps, it is possible that the hinges or the stabilizer bar are responsible. Just like the gimbals, the steering part is mobilized when you vary direction. If this is the case, the parts that may have been damaged by usual wear and tear or impacts (e. g. sidewalks). The steering hinges, the stabilizer bar hinges. can be the origins of your noises, to verify it, place it under the vehicle and apply twists on each of its components to verify that there is no special play on one of them, they are expected to resist you quite strongly over their entire travel. Keep in mind to take your vehicle to your mechanic or swap them if they are involved.
squeaky noise speed bump Peugeot Rifter
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 Peugeot Rifter, it is plausible that it is the stabilizer bar itself that is involved. In fact, abnormal/pronounced wear of the latter can cause unusual friction which can create this squeaking noise. Bear in mind to verify by passing under your vehicle the condition of the paint on your bar which will show if there is friction. Second plausible point, it may be your stabilizer bar silentblocks that are dry and create noise, in which case take them off from the cradle and grease them, this should fix the trouble.
Check engine silentblocks
Finally, last possibility that we can verify together, it is the engine silentblocks, in fact, these silentblocks function as pads/shock absorbers between the engine and the cradle of the automobile, a obvious fatigue of these will make 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 Peugeot Rifter. To replace them go to your technician.
Other speed bump noise Peugeot Rifter
If, even though all its assumptions, you still can’t locate the origin of the noise your Peugeot Rifter makes when you pass a speed bump, we recommend you to read this article on a loud noise on Peugeot Rifter or to visit your mechanic in order to carry an in-depth check on your Peugeot Rifter and discover this trouble.
