Slight knock from front left wheel

[Jilogethan]

I am hearing a slight knock from the front left area.

It happens sometimes on bumps, not all the time. Dont really notice any other odd behavior. I had a Grand Am back in the day that had a similar noise and it ended up being a broken sway bar bushing. Ive read on a forum about somebody replacing a tie rod end on the SHO.

Also, the intermittent wipers are kind of screwed up, none of the settings seem to be consistent, on the least frequent setting its like a 20 second delay then sometimes randomly goes full on for 3-4 swipes then off. On the most frequent setting I get a swipe, 3 second delay, then a 8 second delay. Very odd indeed.

I really love the car, especially the AWD, I live in Eastern Iowa and travel all over the midwest. Ive just installed a K & N drop in, got SEL tailights going in as soon as we get some nice days then a windown tint.

 

[FoCoSHO]

Not sure about the knock, but as far as the wipers go, mine does the same thing when I have the rain sensing turned on........works as designed. If you turn the rain sensing off, the intermittent wipers are consistent.

 

[MNRubyRed2013]

If I remember correctly the rain sensing wipers cannot be turned off on 2010-2012, like on the 2013+.

 

[esfoad]

That is true, it cannot be turned off. What looks like intermittent settings is actually adjusting the sensitivity of the rain sensing system.

 

[Zylfrax791]

Yes. Whenever I slowly go over a speed bump I hear/feel this sort of clunking sound from the left front wheel area. As soon as the ice/snow is gone and we get a dry day I'm going to jack it up and scope it out or when I have the oil changed I'll ask them to take a look at it.

 

[TimboSHO]

Knocking sound is likely a stabilizer link. If you can jack it up and get the wheel off, you should feel play in one of the 2 ball sockets. Before taking the wheel off, be sure to check for play at 9 and 3 (tie rod end) and also 12 and 6 (ball joint).

 

[Jilogethan]

Knocking sound is likely a stabilizer link. If you can jack it up and get the wheel off, you should feel play in one of the 2 ball sockets. Before taking the wheel off, be sure to check for play at 9 and 3 (tie rod end) and also 12 and 6 (ball joint).

Thanks for the advice but I havent a clue on the 9 and 3/12 and 6. Will take the wheel off and do some spot checking, just dont want to run into any big issues.

 

[SHOdded]

He was referring to the clock positions, so basically, check for vertical play on the wheel while you hold the top & bottom (12 & 6), and then horizontal play while you hold it from the left and right (9 & 3) positions. How much can you get the wheel to move in each of these positions?

 

[Jilogethan]

He was referring to the clock positions, so basically, check for vertical play on the wheel while you hold the top & bottom (12 & 6), and then horizontal play while you hold it from the left and right (9 & 3) positions. How much can you get the wheel to move in each of these positions?

Thank you SHOdded, will try once I get her home