# Noise like rusty springs

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/noise-like-rusty-springs/73941>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** rl, acura\
**Created:** [August 6, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noise-like-rusty-springs/73941 "2012-08-06T02:53:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Beez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Beez](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beez)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noise-like-rusty-springs/73941/1 "2012-08-06T02:53:05Z")

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I have a 2002 Acura 3.5RL with 129,000 miles. I have a noise that sounds like rusty springs when I get in the car, during driving it and when I get out. It sounds like it’s beneath the front seats of the car and very loud. In the past (this has been going on for 4 or 5 years), it would go away after a few miles of driving. Now it is not going away and there’s even noise sometimes when I brake. It’s been over a month since it started this time. Before when I took it to the dealer, the noise had stopped by the time I got there. I left it and they drove it the next day and the noise was not there. Now I live in an area where there is no Acura dealer and I’m very concerned because the sound is constant and loud.

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noise-like-rusty-springs/73941/2 "2012-08-06T05:01:31Z")

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Control arm / sway bar bushings…

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**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noise-like-rusty-springs/73941/3 "2012-08-06T12:57:14Z")

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There is no need to depend on an Acura dealer for this sort of problem. Any experienced mechanic can handle it.

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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:** [August 6, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noise-like-rusty-springs/73941/4 "2012-08-06T19:39:56Z")

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I’d bet that it’s either the parts suggested by Caddyman or the sway bar links, called in the attached drawing “stabilizer bar link assembly”.Stab bar links are like rods with a quasi-balljoint on each end. They’re permanently-lubed (Ha!) joints. They can get creaky when they age.

[http://tijil.org/Scion\_Docs/05\_tC\_Shop\_Manuals/Repair%20Info/Repair%20Manual/Rear%20Suspension/Rear%20Suspension/conponen.pdf](http://tijil.org/Scion_Docs/05_tC_Shop_Manuals/Repair%20Info/Repair%20Manual/Rear%20Suspension/Rear%20Suspension/conponen.pdf).