# Chevy Cavalier 2000

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevy-cavalier-2000/13789>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 9, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevy-cavalier-2000/13789 "2008-05-09T12:35:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![fla445](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e19b73/32.png) [@fla445](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fla445)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevy-cavalier-2000/13789/1 "2008-05-09T12:35:45Z")

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This car makes a knocking sound (it sounds like from the right rear) at random times. Anyone have any clue what that could be?

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevy-cavalier-2000/13789/2 "2008-05-09T13:17:57Z")

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Loose or failed shock absorber?

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**Author:** ![fla445](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e19b73/32.png) [@fla445](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fla445)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevy-cavalier-2000/13789/3 "2008-05-09T18:55:23Z")

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Thanks very much. I’ll ask about that.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevy-cavalier-2000/13789/4 "2008-05-09T22:03:40Z")

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I’ll bet on a dried up bushing.

In truth, what you need to do is tell the shop the symptom(s) and let them look at it. This can only be diagnosed in that manner. Too many people tell the shop “change XXX” and then wonder why the car isn’t fixed when XXX was never the problem to begin with.

I suspect NYBo was being trite.

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**Author:** ![cappy208](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cappy208/32/31_2.png) [@cappy208](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cappy208)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevy-cavalier-2000/13789/5 "2008-05-09T23:37:54Z")

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it could be:

the shocks, the rear axle rubber bushings on the sway bar, i believe there is an equalizer bushing on the centerline of the axle on your car too, the rubber bumper cover flapping in the wind, the spare tire could be loose in the wheel well, the jack/handle/crank could be loose in the wheel well (or wherever they are stored in your car)

it could be LOTS of things. but you need to look around to sort of minimize the possibilities.

it’s sorta hard to decipher over the 'net with the description given.

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevy-cavalier-2000/13789/6 "2008-05-09T23:43:58Z")

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Trite? Moi? No, just replying with what I’ve experienced with some of my own vehicles with the same symptom. But a bad swaybar or other bushing could certainly account for it also.