Suspension creak concerns

[Nich W.]

I've had my maverick for a little over a year and it's started creaking on the front left side. It only has 27k miles, however it's been abused off-road. I'm wondering if it's just miles and age making it creak or if something is broken or about to be.

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[Nw_adventure]

I would be checking sway bar bushings for cracks - etc.

 

[bgn]

When relatively stationary or on bumps?

 

[Cigargoyle]

Strut bearing possibly? My Corsair was doing the same on the right side and that was the issue.

 

[Nich W.]

When relatively stationary or on bumps?

It's a mix of both. But it's mostly on slower speeds under slow bumps that just kinda move the entire truck rather than being absorbed.

 

[trumpet77]

maybe take a peek at the engine and transmission mounts too if you can.

 

[tadufour]

Our 2022 also has a creak in drivers side front suspension. Very noticeable when accelerating from a stop, when front of truck lifts up.

 

[tadufour]

We just had this problem and the cause was the transmission mount. See attached photos. Big concern is why this would fail after only 20,000 miles and 2.5years.

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