# Buick LeSabre **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [June 14, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buick-lesabre/15329 "2008-06-14T19:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vulcan1500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/45deac/32.png) [@vulcan1500](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vulcan1500)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buick-lesabre/15329/1 "2008-06-14T19:35:21Z")
My 2003 Buick Lesabre makes a “boink” sound nearly every time I start to move the car either backward or forward. It seems to be associated with a slight turn of the steering while starting to move. I think it is coming from the left front suspension. I have done a number of inspections and found nothing loose or anything that affects drivability. It does this noise once or twice each time I start up from a dead stop. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buick-lesabre/15329/2 "2008-06-14T19:40:04Z")
Could be a CV joint in the stub axle wearing. ---
**Author:** ![vulcan1500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/45deac/32.png) [@vulcan1500](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vulcan1500)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buick-lesabre/15329/3 "2008-06-15T02:03:04Z")
I’m quite sure the noise is not from the CV joint. It sounds more like a strut spring being hit with a rubber mallet. Boink is the best way I can describe and it only does it once each time I start to move. After I am moving even five MPH it no longer happens until I come to a complete stop and start to turn as I move. I’ve sprayed white lithium grease at the strut spring ends where they are seated in the cupped retainers. I even greased the tie rod ends with neeedle grease point. I’ve tried turning the front wheels back and forth while stopped but the noise will not occur while stopped.