Front sway bar links go bad often resulting in a knocking noise from the front end when driving
slowly over small bumps.
Ride is initially firm — thanks in part to the larger wheels and stronger springs — and feels
busy over smaller bumps, but provides nice comfort at touring speeds.
It grips well and resists understeer, but the trade - off is a sometimes - lumpy
ride over small bumps and some abrupt checking over undulations.
The usual symptoms related to this wear are a medium pitch clunk when
going over small bumps and lessened body roll control on cornering.
The ride is perhaps not as cosseting
over small bumps as some might expect, but overall build quality and design (both inside and out) are everything you would expect from Audi.
Ride quality is an issue, too; it's overly soft and lacks control over big bumps, but it also
shimmies over smaller bumps and patches of broken pavement.
The ride is firm and tends to
jiggle over smaller bumps, but the high ground clearance and heavy - duty suspension gives you little doubt that it's capable of handling surfaces far more severe than you're likely to encounter on normal roads.
Easing onto the road in Comfort mode, the ride is more controlled than on the old model, especially in terms
compliance over small bumps.
The resultant ride and handling traits cater to autocross - like whims, amplifying the rigidity of the ride without breaking the driver's
teeth over small bumps in the road.
Knocking in the front end when driving at slow
speeds over small bumps could be caused by bad front sway bar links; have your front end inspected.
The changes, together with the larger wheels and tires and a slightly lower ride height, are primarily aimed at improving directional stability and providing the car with a smoother
ride over small bumps — two of the main criticism of today's model.
Our test car is fitted with the optional air suspension and
over smaller bumps and imperfections in the road surface the car is very settled indeed, although bigger potholes and expansion joints did crash through the (very solid - feeling) structure.
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.
I still think (the pole time) was in the car but I just bounced in the middle of Turn 3
over a small bump and that put me a little bit off line at the exit.
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.