Last week I bought myself a 54 plate K12 1.2 SE. It's got 42k on the clock, came with a 3 month warranty from a local garage.
The car is perfect and drives well, but every so often when setting off in first, there's a sort of faint clunk noise from the front of the car. When driving, it feels like a clunk or rubbing noise. I thought it might be the gearbox, but even in neutral when the car is moving, it's there. It's hard to describe but sounds like something rubbing against a wheel as it's a repetitive noise rather than a constant one, but more often than not it's there.
Any ideas before I take it back to be checked?
Update: Driving round today, the noise is considerably worse, almost like a knocking noise. When setting off from standstill (in any gear, not just first) there's a clunk from the drivers side. When driving, the rubbing/clunking noise is louder. I've taken a look at the previous MOTs and there was an advisory for the "Nearside front Track rod end ball joint has slight play". The new MOT no longer has this and it looks like it was replaced as it looks newer. Could this have been fitted incorrectly? As I wrote previously, the car drives fine but it's developed into quite an uncomfortable noise when driving!
The car is perfect and drives well, but every so often when setting off in first, there's a sort of faint clunk noise from the front of the car. When driving, it feels like a clunk or rubbing noise. I thought it might be the gearbox, but even in neutral when the car is moving, it's there. It's hard to describe but sounds like something rubbing against a wheel as it's a repetitive noise rather than a constant one, but more often than not it's there.
Any ideas before I take it back to be checked?
Update: Driving round today, the noise is considerably worse, almost like a knocking noise. When setting off from standstill (in any gear, not just first) there's a clunk from the drivers side. When driving, the rubbing/clunking noise is louder. I've taken a look at the previous MOTs and there was an advisory for the "Nearside front Track rod end ball joint has slight play". The new MOT no longer has this and it looks like it was replaced as it looks newer. Could this have been fitted incorrectly? As I wrote previously, the car drives fine but it's developed into quite an uncomfortable noise when driving!
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