182 knocking noise (but not the usual?)

[G_F]

Re: Update!

Gave the car to Tony (Service Manager at Jaybee) last night and he took the fault description "loud knocking sound from front right in straight line and loud creaking noise when steering, at speeds up to approx 30mph" and told him I thought it was the bottom ball joint... his mechanics got hold of the jobsheet and dug out the Renault "Technical Note" for the top strut knock which reads something like "muffled knocking sound from axle on extremes of steering lock when maneuvering at slow speed" and pre-emptively ordered.... drumroll.... TWO WASHERS! YAY! :lolup:

Just picked it up from his house and he said to me "It's not fixed but the part's on order... go on, have a guess what it was...", I said "Bottom ball joint?"... "Spot on."

Bless the Renault monkeys and their cotton socks :S I'm taking it in on Tuesday morning and having a while-u-wait (maybe 2 hours apparently) job on it because the next time I'll be around two evenings on the trot is next Thursday, due to work :dapprove:

So nearly sorted, thanks for all the advice folks!

Those of you that are local to me who have been having problems with dealers might want to take it to Jaybee Motors in Bodicote (outskirts of Banbury) because they've always been very good for me... the chap who worked on my car is apparently the son of a Trophy owner, and found the fault almost immediately!

Edit: also had the polarity of my ultransonics swapped while it was in the garage to solve the alarm problem, and they also did an "alarm siren modification" which is dictated by a Renault Technical Note... anyone know what that is?

So the problem was a damage lower arm Ball Joint?, I will go to check if the dealer has ball joints

They will fob you off and tell you to buy the whole arm, tell them to smoke your pole.

 

[hkka]

How much for the bottom ball joint BTW??

 

[hkka]

BUMP! Sorry, is the ball joint come with the whole suspension arm?
How much are they actually??

 

[Noodle999]

Interesting to hear that there are so many cases of it as im beginning to suspect its simply a characteristic of the model as there aren't any adverse effects on the handling.

Mine had no handling implications, just made a horrible noise. If your noise is on lock at slow speeds it's probably the infamous top mount problem, resolved by the fitting of a couple of washers.

So the problem was a damage lower arm Ball Joint?, I will go to check if the dealer has ball joints

They will fob you off and tell you to buy the whole arm, tell them to smoke your pole.

Quite possibly, mine was warranty work so it doesn't bother me and in fact the more parts they renew for free the better, but the work carried out on mine was to replace the entire arm + joint assembly... so it seems that's what Renault prefer to order in.

Had it done this morning, took a couple of hours and I borrowed a car to pop into Banbury to the post office / shopping centre etc, fixed at last and so good to be driving it around without it making horrid noises!

Only downside is the mechanic who swapped the ultrasonic wiring over to fix the oversensitive alarm last week smashed a tool/part into the back edge of the bonnet when removing the near-side wiper arm (press-fitted and then secured with a nut) to get the scuttle panel off :dapprove: But they did a smart repair on that while I was there this morning and I managed to get a few things out of it... their bloke gave me some sheets of the proper grade of wet & dry for rubbing down paint repairs and a lesson in how to do it, so I'm going to do some stone chips myself! I've got a Capsicum Red touch-up pen on order

 

[agil]

Great!!!

So I will replace the complete lower arm

Regards