rattling from the rear end today

[gordon_kerr]

Hi all, i had this rattling noise from the rear end which sounded like an exhaust pipe scraping along the tarmac, but only when i was crawling along in traffic and it seems to disappear when i accelerated(no hardship there lol), very frustrating noise and very intermittent, on checking the exhaust all was well, nothing hitting the deck, actually the noise seems to be coming from the boot area but i just cant be sure, someone suggested the springs in the boot but i checked the 2 springs that i could see, has anyone ever encountered similar or any ideas? I would truly appreciate any knowledge or guidance on this issue!!

thanks

Gordon

[derek_robertson]

Could be lots of things,stone(foreign object) stuck in between caliper/disc,worn pads....down to metal or wear strip squealing....eeeeeeeek!!!

wheel bearings collapsed????

Just a few suggestions,hope this helps you Gordon

Del

[fraser_drinkwater]

Del at the ayrshire meet last did you not say something about this being a quite common fauly?

[colinj]

Loose heat shield maybe????

[derek_robertson]

Hi Fraser

The fault I mentioned was the LH rear suspension strut failure on STi 7&8's.

There is a mod out for these,I think it consists of a new strut & top mount.

Quite a few people have had this fault occur on more than one occasion,but new mod should rectify this failure.

My own car's suspension strut failed in march last year before the latest mod was out & I think it is knocking again!!!!

Will need to get it back in to dealers..........................AGAINNN

Cheers,

Del

[gordon_kerr]

Your right Del could be one of many things, had it in at a friend today who used to be a subaru mechanic but he could find nothing, guess i will need to keep boz scaggs blaring on the cd player doing the lido shuffle(inspiring driving music as you burn up the country roads) to avoid me hearing this rattle

[gordon_kerr]

the car just went through a full service last week so nothing down to the metal and it is so intermittent that it is very hard to detect

[karps]

I had a rattle in my sti8 from the rear drivers side took it back to dealer and got the strut changed, problem cured

thats both my rear struts been changed now

[gordon_kerr]

thanks karps, will get that checked out

[derek_robertson]

could be  loose car jack,rear seat mountings rattle to??

anti-roll bar mountings??

broken section inside exhaust silencer??