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04-07-2005, 08:29 PM | #1 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2005
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AUIII fairmont: when I turn left my rear passenger side wheel often squeaks. Occasionally I also hear a chirp from the driver's side rear when I'm cruising.
I've been told this is a common problem and there's no real fix... I'm hoping that person was wrong because it really sh*ts me to have a 3 year old "luxury" car squeak like an old bomb when I take off or turn a corner. : |
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04-07-2005, 09:30 PM | #2 | ||
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Hervey Bay, QLD
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My AUII does that as well! at least I know that someone else is experiencing this...
Mine also has a kind or a "creaking" noise coming from the rear when I turn corners at low speed as well... :
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04-07-2005, 10:10 PM | #3 | ||
Smashed Gecko Racing
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Mildura
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Yeha my AU I dose it aswell, if anyone finds the prob be sure to let me no...
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04-07-2005, 11:19 PM | #4 | ||
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Most likely the handbrake sticking....seems to be petty common in AU's, especially the IRS ones.
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05-07-2005, 01:35 AM | #5 | ||
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Yeah, Brakes Plus says it's a handbrake issue. They also said that earlier in the AU years people had the handbrake adjusted under warranty several times but it always came back. I guess I'll have to live with my car putting out "old bomb" squeaks and chirps every now and then. >:(
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05-07-2005, 08:57 AM | #6 | ||
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Location: SMITHFIELD NSW
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Thanks casper for that info my car has only started to do the squeking"IRS" ah well doesnt come up all the time just maily when im cruisning though carparks.
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05-07-2005, 10:28 AM | #7 | ||
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Change the rotors/pads and tighten the handbrake.. that got mine sorted, everyone and again need to adjust the handbrake to get it sorted..
With standard brakes mine was driving me crazy, now doesn't drive me as crazy..
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05-07-2005, 04:56 PM | #8 | |||
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05-07-2005, 05:29 PM | #9 | |||
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06-07-2005, 11:44 PM | #10 | ||
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: ACT
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It's not only AU falcons. BAs do it too, and VX - VZ commondores & Magnas - I've heard the same squeak from heaps of cars.
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