Guys, my car has been making some weird creaking/clicking metal noises which appear to come from the rear of the car. Even when I try to get out of the car, I hear the same noise sometimes. Mostly it only happens when I drive in a really slow speed and stuff.

Also if I go to the back of my car and push the trunk or the rear fender down and make the car bounce, I hear the same noise again and again. Almost feels like the it's the springs/shocks that are making the noise, but I am not sure.

Anyone else had this problem? Know what it is? Possible fix? Please help cause this noise has been driving me crazy!

Thanks

 

Year and mileage of your car, please?

 

2 things, z's are rather noisy cars.... And it may be the infamous axel clicking you are hearing from rear right wheel, like a bearing is shooting down a rod and hitting metal?

There is a TSB for it, but only require greasing hub....had it for years, never bothered w fixing it....so its up to you if thats your issue w noise?

 

It's a 2003 with 42K miles on it so it hasn't been driven much at all. The noise is really hard to explain. It's like a metal creak sort of. Only happens when the the car is sort of bouncy or I take turns in slower speeds. Like I said it comes from the rear from what it sounds like. Even when I go at the back of the car and push the trunk down and make the car sort of 'bouncy' I hear it.

I would like to get it fixed but I dont even know what exactly is the problem and what part to replace. I know it's a noisy car but this never used to happen before. Please some one help me figure out what this is cause its driving me nuts!

 

Axle click... there's a TSB, at the dealer it's ~$500 job out of warranty, $0 in warranty. Basically you have to rebuild/repack the axles -- had mine done around 40k mi.

 

creaking? Try replacing the end links on the sway bar.

Mine used to creak like a rusty hinge.

 

any updates? Mine has started this noise as well. I noticed when I jack the car up on one side with the factory jack, the other side "pop"s once or twice, sigh.....

 

No updates...still trying to figure out what it could be. Found a couple threads on google saying it could be a couple of things.

Try doing a google search it comes up with a couple of possibilities all over the map.

 

https://my350z.com/forum/maintenance...ear-wheel.html