# Car sounds like someone jumping on a spring bed **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [July 1, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sounds-like-someone-jumping-on-a-spring-bed/16089 "2008-07-01T15:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pufferella](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pufferella/32/3074_2.png) [@Pufferella](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Pufferella)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sounds-like-someone-jumping-on-a-spring-bed/16089/1 "2008-07-01T15:06:49Z")
So when I drive down the road, the car sounds like someone is jumping on a spring bed. I push down on my rear shocks cause thats where the sound comes from, but they don’t make the noise…Ideas? ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sounds-like-someone-jumping-on-a-spring-bed/16089/2 "2008-07-01T16:08:20Z")
What type of car,mileage,age,type of front,rear suspension.How do you figure we can help you if you do tell us these things? ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sounds-like-someone-jumping-on-a-spring-bed/16089/3 "2008-07-01T18:03:36Z")
Sway bar rubber bushings do that a lot. Control arm bushings too. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sounds-like-someone-jumping-on-a-spring-bed/16089/4 "2008-07-01T18:17:42Z")
More and likely a bushing of some sort.