Metal clanging noise from front-driver side (2020 CX-5 36k miles)

[jbliss1234@]

I notice a clanging noise when driving at low speeds, but it has been very difficult to record it. However, recently, I started noticing a clanging noise when I sit in the car for the first time in the morning. But after that I cannot reproduce it, and have to wait till next day.

I took the car to the dealer, and they replaced sway bar bushings. The noise was muffled a bit for a day, but now it's back. Please see the 2 attached videos, which are of the same exact event (me sitting in the car when it's cold), but shot from 2 different viewpoints.

Any ideas what this noise could be or where should I point the camera to get a better video? Thanks

 

[GFrosty]

Please see the 2 attached videos, which are of the same exact event (me sitting in the car when it's cold), but shot from 2 different viewpoints.

Just wondering: what is it you're doing, specifically, that allows you to induce that noise? Shoving the parked car back and forth a bit? Just sitting down in it, just in the (cold?) mornings?

That's a pretty sharp-sounding "clank" or "snap" on those recordings. If it were a creaking or "groaning" type sound, particularly if it occurred while slowly driving around a lumpy parking lot or dirt road, I'd suggest ball joints, the shock tower's spring (top or bottom part where the spring seats), or perhaps the shock tower bearing (front shock towers). Hm.

Might be worth double-checking the torque values on all of the shock towers' bolts/nuts, the anti-sway bar brackets' bolts, etc. Sounds like something's binding and then snapping loose ... which a lose bolt/nut might allow, if moving sufficiently.

 

[N7turbo]

However, recently, I started noticing a clanging noise when I sit in the car for the first time in the morning. But after that I cannot reproduce it, and have to wait till next day.

So this is after the car settles for a while?

 

[jbliss1234@]

So this is after the car settles for a while?

Yes, even if I try to sit in the car after about 10 mins, it does not make this sound again, till the next day usually.

 

[N7turbo]

Check the 3 top nuts on each strut under the hood. They should be at 40-43 lb ft.

Also check this: 2013~2016: - Knock noise from CX-5 front

 

[jofo67]

I get the same exact sound from my 23 Turbo. For me it happens when I am braking at low speed, like in a parking lot. It only happens once in a while, but it has the same sound of like when something is bound up, then suddenly breaks free. I can't replicate it enough to make it worth bringing into the dealer, but I am at 32K miles and my 3yr 36K warranty is coming to an end.

I also hear a dull clunk when backing out of my driveway, over the hump. It seems to happen more often when it is warm than when the weather gets cold. Again, this is hard to replicate regularly.

The vehicle has been otherwise flawless, and a pleasure to drive. I bought this because it checked all of the boxes, and I came off of a really bad experience with a 2021 new F150 (my 4th F150). That truck was the worst the vehicle I ever owned with 11 failures/defects in the first year of ownership. I bought the CX5 with the intention of waiting for Ford to get their act together so that I could get another truck. Something unexpected happened, and I fell in love with the car. Other than what I posted here, the thing still drives like day 1. It is solid, tight, quiet and eats up our crappy Mass. roads with ease.

Back to my issue, I feel like it is something simple, but I am having a hard time pinning it down. If I can get this corrected, I would be thrilled!