A month in and creaks and cracks noises are driving my crazy
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A month in and creaks and cracks noises are driving my crazy
I think I may swap this amg GT in for a s63 coupe. There are way to many creaks and cracks going on inside the cabin. I believe suspension related. It’s always in slow left turns and slowly driving up on uneven surfaces. Someone mentioned re tighten the shock strut brace nuts. But I’ll give the dealership a shot to fix this if not they offer car take back for same value or more at this MB dealership.
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it’s a sportscar . The engine and music usually drown out any extraneous noises.
you will take a big $ hit if you try to trade it in. It has already depreciated since you drove it off the lot.
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Hopefully you bought it used and your dealership really likes you. Mine has some minor sounds but nothing constant and obviously loud. I remember it had a creaking noise from the center console when I first bought it but went away pretty quickly.
On a related note, I am kind of the opposite when looking for a sports car. I vividly remember when I test drove a Carrera S and 911 Turbo. I was actually pretty pissed how refined they were. I've grown up with all sorts of modified sports cars. I enjoy the weird suspension noises, squeaking brakes, and other mechanical sounds. The sales person suggested I test drive a GT3. Fell in love. Similar situation with my GTS.
I actually test drove an E63 for a daily driver. Same thing. Was way too nice for me. I ended up with an Alfa Giulia QV eventually.
The S will be way more refined if that's what you're looking for.
On a related note, I am kind of the opposite when looking for a sports car. I vividly remember when I test drove a Carrera S and 911 Turbo. I was actually pretty pissed how refined they were. I've grown up with all sorts of modified sports cars. I enjoy the weird suspension noises, squeaking brakes, and other mechanical sounds. The sales person suggested I test drive a GT3. Fell in love. Similar situation with my GTS.
I actually test drove an E63 for a daily driver. Same thing. Was way too nice for me. I ended up with an Alfa Giulia QV eventually.
The S will be way more refined if that's what you're looking for.
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I think I may swap this amg GT in for a s63 coupe. There are way to many creaks and cracks going on inside the cabin. I believe suspension related. It’s always in slow left turns and slowly driving up on uneven surfaces. Someone mentioned re tighten the shock strut brace nuts. But I’ll give the dealership a shot to fix this if not they offer car take back for same value or more at this MB dealership.
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on an uneven drive way or slow left turn going up on uneven surface.
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it’s cpo mb warranty so I’ll have them check it at next service
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but maybe they don’t care and just CPO cars to get more value out of them
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arojnd the 9:10 mark he explain car doesn’t feel like a tracked out race car anymore and soft like a gt car? Hmm
as for amg gts
my edition 1 gts rattled creaked etc, it was stiff
my amg gtr is way stiffer but feels way better out together inside without all the pops and rattles oddly enough,
my s550 cabriolet is still pretty quiet after two years except for wearing tire noise and now a rattle coming from dash occasionally , but s is really refined and for most part silent, over 20k miles on it since new
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I think my 2019 GTC has the same issue. It’s a mild rattle noticeable when driven up a curve or when the chassis “twists”. It’s getting fixed now. I’ll report back on the cause shortly.
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let me know what they say. After replacing both diagnol strut braces and hardware with loctite. Didn’t fix the isssue. They wanted to pull the dash, I said no way.
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Looks like it's front strut braces for me too. They will arrive next week. Apparently they have some type of adhesive on them now, which wasn't the case when my car was assembled (in Nov. 2018).
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Did the check the antiroll or anti sway bar torque?
Can you describe your sound again? What I'm hearing is more of a rattle, not loud at all, when you go up a curb or when the road surface is uneven. It's only really noticeable at low speeds.
Can you describe your sound again? What I'm hearing is more of a rattle, not loud at all, when you go up a curb or when the road surface is uneven. It's only really noticeable at low speeds.
