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The front suspension on my Civic is clunky at low speed on bumpy surfaces. It's really annoying, but I can't get the specialist garage to settle on a diagnosis. After a few different attempts to have it diagnosed, with a different idea each time from them, they effectively told me (again) that it's not a problem and I should ignore it. It doesn't yield any play when the car is on a lift, and nothing's visually damaged.
The car subsequently failed its MOT due to worn rear suspension bushes - something that neither I, or partner, or garage had noticed! No mention of the front suspension, not even an advisory.
I've heard similar from other people too, so if the car is deemed safe by the experts then it's perhaps best to ignore the noise?
I reckon mine might actually be the anti roll bar bushes, which brings me to a (wild and uninformed) guess about your issue: if its correlated with cold conditions, could it be a knackered bush that gets less compliant when its cold? Perhaps approaching its glass transition temperature?
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Over winter, or sometimes after driving in heavy rain, the front suspension on our car (Seat Ibiza) gets really 'crunchy', for want of a better term, over bumps.
I've asked the garage to look at the suspension when servicing it before but they've always said it's fine. It annoys me though, is there some sort of obvious fix? Dampers on the way out? Something drying out from the salt on the road? Should I just spray WD40 everywhere?