Creak Attack !

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Originally Posted by elric75

I have a creaking or kind of tapping noise in my X5. It sounds like it comes from the A-pillars or lower windshield area though... not so much from down low or beneath the car. It is most noticeable in the driving situations you mentioned.

Where did your noises sound like they were coming from?

Mine sounded exactly like that. It sounded like the noise was coming from the lower windscreen or top of the shock. Front anti-roll bar bushes got rid of it. Apparently the anti roll-bar is connected to the shock assembly in some way and the sound is transferred up through the shock to the body/top mount part which is why it sounded like it was coming from there. Took a couple of visits for the dealers to sort it out - the first time it was supposed to be fixed but as soon as I drove off I could tell it wasn't. When I took it back I insisted on taking the service manager out for a test drive rather than the useless mechanics. Straight away he said he has seen it before and thinks it's the anti-roll bar.

It was like a low tone squeak, bit like a muffled donkey, heard when going over bumps in the road, very audible over speed bumps even at a crawl, also got it when turning in to a corner.

Still have several subtle clicks and creaks but the main source of noise was the anti-roll bar.