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Known fault

8V: booming front suspension over bumps

It does not show up on every car. Check before you buy.

cheap repair

severity

not available

mileage

2

sources

2 sources next to the write-up.

The fault

How you spot it

Over bumps a booming, squeaking noise comes from the front, and a common cause is a bump stop put back wrongly after a damper replacement: that is not a factory fault, but the result of earlier work. On cars built between 2013 and 2016 the rubber bushes wear out too, the dampers weaken as well, the car rides more harshly, and the tyres wear unevenly. The two faults sound the same on a test drive, so if the suspension was repaired at a garage, ask for the invoice and listen to the car.

Which model

Who it affects

The card opens the generation, the engine or the transmission.

Generations and models

1 generations.

Checklist

8V: booming front suspension over bumps

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Before you buy

Checklist

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Sources

How we know

Information, not an expert opinion

We write the descriptions, and we put the source next to them. A person reviews them before they go out. They are still information, not a technical expert opinion.

  • A fault on the list does not mean the car you are looking at has it.
  • A fault missing from the list does not mean the model is fault-free. Write-ups are made model by model. Not all of them are done.
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