Listening noises from your vehicle often is never comforting, so hearing noises on your Renault Maxity suspensions when you go over a speed bump can be disturbing. This warning sign may be a sign of a insignificant issue as well as a warning of a much larger repair to come. Whatever the case, it is essential to check the origin and take the necessary actions to resolve 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, 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 Renault Maxity
Check Renault Maxity suspension
If you experience a suspension noise when you pass a speed bump on your Renault Maxity, 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 Indeed, it may be the suspension cups, which, when they are outdated, have the rubber (silentblock) that acts as a buffer and shock absorber for the upper part of the suspension that no longer fulfils its function during small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 examine 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 replacing them fairly quickly or you may affect other parts and have to make more important maintenance.
Check the cardan shaft
If you are here because you have looked for for “Renault Maxity 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 old and the dirt/dust accumulates inside them their action is degraded and it is possible to experience a sound when they are in torsion. To examine 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 cases you should consider changing it or them. If you have the feeling that this noise is more like a a loud noise on Renault Maxity, don’t hesitate to consult this article.
Check steering hinges/stabilizer bar
Finally, when you detect a suspension noise when your Renault Maxity 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 change direction. If this is your situation, the components that may have been broken 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 examine it, put it under the vehicle and apply twists on each of its elements to examine 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 Renault Maxity to your auto mechanic or change them if they are involved.
squeaky noise speed bump Renault Maxity
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 Renault Maxity, it is plausible that it is the stabilizer bar itself that is concerned. Indeed, abnormal/pronounced wear of the latter can cause unusual friction which can provoke this squeaking noise. Please remember to examine by passing under your vehicle the condition of the paint on your bar which will tell us if there is friction. Second plausible point, it may be your stabilizer bar silentblocks that are dried out and cause noise, in which case take them out from the cradle and grease them, this should solve the issue.
Check engine silentblocks
Finally, last case that we can examine 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 appear that a squeaking noise appears when you pass a speed bumps or any holes with your Renault Maxity. To replace them go to your mechanic.
Other speed bump noise Renault Maxity
If, despite all its assumptions, you still can’t find the origin of the noise your Renault Maxity makes when you pass a speed bump, we suggest you to refer to this content on a loud noise on Renault Maxity or to visit your auto mechanic in order to carry an in-depth check on your Renault Maxity and determine this issue.
