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need some input on 2 separate noises: one squeak, one a slight clunk.

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Old 06-01-2008, 01:22 PM
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Default need some input on 2 separate noises: one squeak, one a slight clunk.

First, the squeak:

From the driver seat, it sounds like right/rear.

It is a sqeak on something that is definitely turning. It sounds like I have a hamster on its running wheel in my car when I am rolling forward. Easily heard at low speeds, but not all of the time. I mainly notice it when I am in my parking garage.

right now, the car is in the air and I cannot replicate it by spinning the wheel, but I do hear my brake pad rubbing the rotor ever so slightly. No sure if that could be it.

So, I thought maybe something in the drive shaft like the support bearing or CV.

It's not a groan or a grind, so I think that rules out wheel bearing.

I also have a symptom of when I turn left and gas it, I get a vibration in the cabin, mostly through the shifter.

Suggestions?

2nd is a clunk from the rear. Again, car is off the ground, and I cannot replicate it by trying to shake a wheel. It really only occurs when I am leaving my parking garage. Not heard on speed bumps or driveway lip, or anything like that. Just on the mostly smooth concrete, and it doesn't matter if I am in gear, coasting, or whatever.

Withg the car off the ground, the suspension looks fine, but I haven't taken off a wheel, just looking at it from the outside.

When I did my rear suspension, my whole car clunked until I got my alignment. I thought maybe I need another?

From under the car, things look fine. But then, I'm not sure what I should be looking for.

Thanks for any input.
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Update: squeak only occurs on left turns, from what I can tell.
Old 06-01-2008, 08:43 PM
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Default I'm going through the same thing and trying to pinpoint. Here's some of my research

This is what mine sounds like.

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/b5-s4-squeaky-steering-wheel/1428582375

Hoping it's tie rods.<ul><li><a href="http://www.audiforum.ca/audi-a4/1180-wierd-sound-when-turning.html">Decent discussion from another board</a></li></ul>
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