Watch for knocking, clunking or rattling noise from the steering when
driving over small bumps or rough road.
The system warns you by mimicing the feel that you are
driving over small bumps, then can actually brake and steer the vehicle back into your lane, which can be downright frightening to a first - time M - Class driver who is unaware that the system exists.
Worn sway bar bushings could be one of the possible sources of a clunking noise coming from the front suspension when
driving over small bumps.
Not exact matches
This 1987 car I'm
driving certainly rides with aplomb, doing something that rally cars strive for by soaking up the big
bumps with a decent amount of supple travel, yet never wallowing and always maintaining a firmer ride
over the surface's
smaller imperfections.
I was thinking that it was a suspension issue because the noise is heard whenever the van is
driven over a
bump or
small pothole.
Front sway bar links go bad often resulting in a knocking noise from the front end when
driving slowly
over small bumps.
I changed the front shock absorbers, and it just got a little better for a while,, its just
driving me crazy that how noisy and uncomfortable the car is
over small bumps.
If you pump up a tyre and then
drive on it (steering, braking, going
over bumps etc), the side wall flexes slightly only slightly increasing the pressure as the tyre goes in and out of shape and this
small movement is sufficient to maintain the temperature as long as the car is being
driven (you see this in motorsport).