Need Help: Lower control arms and stabilizer

markesc · 09-20-2014, 09:41 PM

Hate to bring this back from the dead:

My car has about 6k miles on it, and just about a week ago, I noticed this crunching sound on the drivers side front area by the tire.

It seems it could be control arm/sway bar/bushing related. It made a nice POP sound today when reversing, and then going back into drive while backing out of a parking spot. My old lexus sc300 did this at 108k miles, but those are notorious for bad lower control arms. I'm surprised this is happening already with such low miles.

Is this common after break in?

Also, it happens in the morning usually when I hit that first speed bump just on the drivers side 100% of the time...

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09-20-2014, 09:41 PM	#15 (permalink)
markesc Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Utah Posts: 381 Drives: 2014 370z M.B. 7AT Rep Power: 3367	Hate to bring this back from the dead: My car has about 6k miles on it, and just about a week ago, I noticed this crunching sound on the drivers side front area by the tire. It seems it could be control arm/sway bar/bushing related. It made a nice POP sound today when reversing, and then going back into drive while backing out of a parking spot. My old lexus sc300 did this at 108k miles, but those are notorious for bad lower control arms. I'm surprised this is happening already with such low miles. Is this common after break in? Also, it happens in the morning usually when I hit that first speed bump just on the drivers side 100% of the time...