# What is this rod hanging down under car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** voyager, chrysler\ **Created:** [May 7, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-this-rod-hanging-down-under-car/116901 "2018-05-07T04:59:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lisa\_Gonzales](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a9a28c/32.png) [@Lisa\_Gonzales](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Lisa_Gonzales)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-this-rod-hanging-down-under-car/116901/1 "2018-05-07T04:59:11Z")
![20180506_234204](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/1/118455a03d923764c5964b9169144d7c551aeec2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 6:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-this-rod-hanging-down-under-car/116901/2 "2018-05-07T06:01:04Z")
That looks like a power steering line. The sub frame and ground are covered in oil, what system is failing, the power steering or the transmission? ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-this-rod-hanging-down-under-car/116901/3 "2018-05-07T13:03:43Z")
Good eye @Nevada_545. What ever it is, the car isn’t moving with a puddle that bug. Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-this-rod-hanging-down-under-car/116901/4 "2018-05-07T15:27:19Z")
Looks more like bent steel to me. Maybe an anti roll bar? ---
**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 7, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-this-rod-hanging-down-under-car/116901/5 "2018-05-07T16:18:28Z")
I tried enlarging it and still couldn’t tell what it is, but I would not start the car until I figured it out. If it’s the drain for the AC system you’d be fine. If it’s a brake line you’d be screwed. Try soaking some of the fluid up with a clean white rag, see what color and lubricity it is, and post back. That might help identify what’s hanging down. A closer photo would help too. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-this-rod-hanging-down-under-car/116901/6 "2018-05-07T20:48:41Z")
It’s hard to tell whether the end of the rod is on the ground behind the puddle or is above the puddle. I could convince myself that there is a drop on the end of the rod, so it could be a fluid-carrying tube. ---
**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 7, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-this-rod-hanging-down-under-car/116901/7 "2018-05-07T21:59:19Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > It’s hard to tell whether the end of the rod is on the ground behind the puddle or is above the puddle. It’s impossible to tell from the photo. But I thought that the color of the puddle might at least be a start on a direction to take. Truth is, someone on-site will need to take a closer look. If it were mine I’d lift one side up onto jackstands, grab a worklight and a piece of cardboard, and slide under and look. It might just be a branch stuck under there.