KeepTheCoalInTheHole
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Hi all,
I've got a 2012 Leaf (one of the first made from what I've seen). Only 16700 miles on it. Interior is pristine as is the exterior save for some paint swirling - nothing a cut & polish can't solve. It is a right hand drive car, imported from Japan to New Zealand (which is where I live).
I've had it for just over two weeks. This is my first EV and so my first car with no 'engine noise' so I am hearing a lot of noises you wouldn't otherwise hear.
I find there is a strange banging/popping/"thunk"/"clunk" sound coming from the front right hand side. Sounds like its coming from above the wheel.
It seems intermittent. I tried to replicate it by going over bumps, turning the steering wheel side to side but it seems intermittent. To me, it sounds like it _COULD_ be a ball joint or sway bar or something.
The car has just gone through a "compliance" check, and then a second inspection (yearly inspection for older cars is mandatory here), and none of these has turned up anything about this.
Any ideas what this could be?
I've got a 2012 Leaf (one of the first made from what I've seen). Only 16700 miles on it. Interior is pristine as is the exterior save for some paint swirling - nothing a cut & polish can't solve. It is a right hand drive car, imported from Japan to New Zealand (which is where I live).
I've had it for just over two weeks. This is my first EV and so my first car with no 'engine noise' so I am hearing a lot of noises you wouldn't otherwise hear.
I find there is a strange banging/popping/"thunk"/"clunk" sound coming from the front right hand side. Sounds like its coming from above the wheel.
It seems intermittent. I tried to replicate it by going over bumps, turning the steering wheel side to side but it seems intermittent. To me, it sounds like it _COULD_ be a ball joint or sway bar or something.
The car has just gone through a "compliance" check, and then a second inspection (yearly inspection for older cars is mandatory here), and none of these has turned up anything about this.
Any ideas what this could be?
