Had my 06 XR6T into dealers again, car has done 36K. To have a look at this creaking noise (metallic squeaking “very descriptive”) coming from the rear right end, it happens when going from park to reverse or drive then accelerating, it also happens when turning a right or left corner, dealer said the K frame bolts were lose (which was not picked up last service) when I picked the car up after being told it was “all fixed” the noise is still there and now when I turn the steering wheel I get a bad shudder at low speed.

Any ideas ?

It sounds like a similar problem to what I had, lower trailing arm bushes were the culprit, after almost replacing everything but ! the bushes are located on the actual hub assy and are are pivot style bush, with no load on them you cant tell there rooted, twisting the lower trailing arm while the car is in the air might make it evident, but that depends on how rooted they are .

Your steering shudder is air in the line, because Ford service rotated your steering whilst the car was in the air just turn it lock to lock a few times to get the air out and then release the air from the pump by removing the cap .

Another example of fraud service returning your car without doing Jack F$%# All to it !

Pedders done my bushes, with me removing the hubs for 250 fiited they need to be pressed in and out,

If you have warranty get fraud to attempt it . good luck

Pete

Pete

Thanks Pete, I get them to attempt the fix.

You would think when the they move the car they would have noticed the shudder and fixed it before the car was picked up.

I agree its becoming a Fraud service, they replaced my air filter with a factory one and threw out the K&N filter THEY put in last sevice, they didn't think they could be cleaned????

What did you expect form a 1st year Ford mechanic. Remember 'no body knows your Ford like they do'.

And I get the damn creaks as well but only when it rains. Never in the dry. Every bump causes my front end to creak and sound like its going to fall off. 7 times of BS from Ford and still no idea.

I.B.

Hi All,

Just to update, Ford are now pulling the rear end out of the car to replace ALL the bushes which are badly worn? to see if that will fix the problem, bit of a worry car has only done 36K , car will take 3 days to fix they recon.

badly worn bushes after 36000kms?

that cant be normal can it?

I got the car back from Ford on Friday, after all that work removing the ass end to replace the bushes (I even saw it sittin on the ground), the F@#king noise it still there

I need to get some professional help I’m thinking, does anyone have ideas for the NOR of Perth.

Has someone looked at the small bushes in each end of the rear sway bar???? (ie sway bar to link bush)

These bushes would be more likely as they are more highly loaded than the much larger control arm bushes. Maybe the end of the RH end of the sway bar is rubbing on the link????

I just got back from a trip 1500km and I have the same creaking noise metallic squeaking in the back when I accelerating stop then accelerating and turning a right or left corner??

I just got back from a trip 1500km and I have the same creaking noise metallic squeaking in the back when I accelerating stop then accelerating and turning a right or left corner??

Yours could be diff. There known to go super early as well.

I.B.