• 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?

  • Interesting, thanks for sharing. It does annoy me but I'm not quite dammit, so sounds like I might have to put up with it!

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