Hello
I've been chasing a front end knocking/rattle on our 2016 15K miles 500x Cross Plus and looking to reach out to see if anyone else has experienced and rectified a similar annoying noise.
The noise is mostly evident on rough tracks. urban potholes and abnormal road undulations. Our local Fiat dealer investigated under warranty at MOT time but didn't locate the problem.
I've changed the offside front upper strut mount - no change. I've run the car minus the offside sway bar drop link to eliminate that - no change. I've levered the right-hand side engine mount back and forth and unconvinced there is anything wrong with it.
I've greased the air filter box mounts as I thought it was a bit rigid - still to test that out.
The noise does sound upper rather than lower although I appreciate suspension noise travels and can be misleading. At times you'd swear the noise is coming out of the inside of the drivers door but nothing sounds loose to me when you shake it violently or bump the bottom of it. I don't like to be beat but this one is starting to get me scratching my head a bit.
Anyone have any gems of information or past experiences they could share?. Any pointers would be much appreciated.
Gary
I've been chasing a front end knocking/rattle on our 2016 15K miles 500x Cross Plus and looking to reach out to see if anyone else has experienced and rectified a similar annoying noise.
The noise is mostly evident on rough tracks. urban potholes and abnormal road undulations. Our local Fiat dealer investigated under warranty at MOT time but didn't locate the problem.
I've changed the offside front upper strut mount - no change. I've run the car minus the offside sway bar drop link to eliminate that - no change. I've levered the right-hand side engine mount back and forth and unconvinced there is anything wrong with it.
I've greased the air filter box mounts as I thought it was a bit rigid - still to test that out.
The noise does sound upper rather than lower although I appreciate suspension noise travels and can be misleading. At times you'd swear the noise is coming out of the inside of the drivers door but nothing sounds loose to me when you shake it violently or bump the bottom of it. I don't like to be beat but this one is starting to get me scratching my head a bit.
Anyone have any gems of information or past experiences they could share?. Any pointers would be much appreciated.
Gary