My XV has developed a suspension rattle again and although no actual bush is completely away I am looking at replacing the D bushes on the anti roll bars as you can see they are wearing quite badly. My question is where is the best place to get them and should I go genuine? They look easy enough to do. The car is just under 3 years old but got 67000 Miles on it so not covered under warranty. The fronts were replaced under warranty during the summer but already wearing quite badly.

Thanks.

 

Norrie.

Wow that's pretty bad to be going like that @Dogconker Did you have similar issues ? 

@Norrie,  I hope you get the car fixed OK but it's a little worrying as the failures you'r experiencing should not be occurring at that milage. It's the kind of thing I'd have expected back in the 70's rather than with a modern car. It sounds potentially like a "batch" failure of the parts at the time your car was produced although  that is little comfort to you.

same bushes used on at least 3 models from 2009 to 2018

I don't see many swaybar D bush issues, drop links common one and make nice clunking noises .

What you got realize with modern cars is all engineering skill is in minimal cost and material quality and have no intention of over engineering (spending) for easy 10yr lifespan .

Confirm what really causing the rattle before swapping parts, use oem or decent aftermarket .

 

On 11/23/2018 at 9:38 AM, Gambit said:

Wow that's pretty bad to be going like that @Dogconker Did you have similar issues ? 

No I had diesel injector knock not suspension rattle

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