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Rapid clicking noise from the rear during rapid maneuver - Airmatic normal behavior?

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Old 12-22-2010, 12:42 AM
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Rapid clicking noise from the rear during rapid maneuver - Airmatic normal behavior?

I noticed something a rapid clicking noise from the rear of the car when I made a quick turn at high speed this evening. It wasn't a crazy turn or anything but definitely more of a sharper turn than usual and the rapid clicking noise only last maybe a couple of seconds and it went away quickly. In fact by the time it took for me to turn the audio off, the clicking sounds was gone.

I tried to duplicate the noise after and I think I managed to do it one more time but then again I had the audio on and I could not really figure out much because the clicking stopped very quickly. Both time it was when doing a rapid maneuver.

So what do you think is casuing this? Is it the Airmatic suspension or something else and is this normal for Airmatic or whatever is causing this.

The car is a 2007 E550 4Matic CPO so I'm sure the car has been inspected for obvious defects for whatever that is worth...
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The first thing I think of when I hear something described as "clicking" would be CV joints, although that would be more likely on the front end than the rear, if the noise appears when turning sharply.

My old Shelby Mustang of 1966 used to click like crazy on sharp turns gently driven because of the ratcheting of the locking differential, but I doubt that M-B has anything like that mechanism.
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Any other theory as to what might cause a rapid clicking noise for a couple of seconds immediately during a quick turn? I thought it might be the Airmatic system pressurizing or something like that.

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