Rear suspension squeak solved!

[FordCustomerService]

Originally Posted by wintrjr

I did a google search for "focus rear suspension squeak" and found this thread. I slipped a small piece of plastic bottle between the loop bracket and the park brake line and now it's quiet!!!! This has been driving me nuts and a big thank you to you guys here a FF!!!

Hi wintrjr,

I'm glad to hear that you're squeak-free! This is a great community full of people who have lots of valuable knowledge to share. If you're ever stumped, feel free to reach out to me or give your local dealership a call.

Originally Posted by katkrazy2007

I have this same problem I fear. Are these cables under the actual back seat or underneath the car?? I've been told both places. I need to know exactly please (:

Hi katkrazy2007,

How did the DIY approach work out for you? If you need any additional assistance, please let me know.

Originally Posted by Edgenet

I found the best way to get rid of squeaks is to have the car rust proofed with oil. I take my cars to a rust-proofing place every 2nd year and never a squeak.

Note I make sure they use oil spray not waxes or greases.

Thanks for the great suggestion, Edgenet!

Have a great day,
Crystal

[consciousthirteen]

I'm gonna have to check this out. I have a horrible squeak in the right rear area. Hopefully it's just this. I took my ZX5 in to get inspected and they said it's probably the trailing arm. They game me an estimate to replace both of them that would cost almost $1k. They said the bushings are bad. Okay.......

[katkrazy2007]

Originally Posted by consciousthirteen

I'm gonna have to check this out. I have a horrible squeak in the right rear area. Hopefully it's just this. I took my ZX5 in to get inspected and they said it's probably the trailing arm. They game me an estimate to replace both of them that would cost almost $1k. They said the bushings are bad. Okay.......

$1k?! Wow. Sorry to hear that. It would be tempting just to live with the squeak if it wasn't going to degrade the drive quality. Or sell the car. I took 2008 SES to the dealership because I had a squeak in the rear suspension when I drove over bumps or on a bad road or gravel. It was like a creak/squeak deal going on. They said that they didn't find anything and they greased the bushings, etc. It made the noise go away and I was ecstatic. But I have been disappointed to hear the squeak/creak returning.. and now I can hear it a little when I'm going fast on the highway (previously, I only heard it when going slow and now it seems the opposite nearly). I think next I'm going to take it to an outside mechanic. I just want the squeaking gone. It very well may be just the e-brake cable, although Ford said that wasn't the problem. I don't know. I haven't had anyone who knows that it looks like take a look for me. Not to mention on cold mornings it has been making a loud "crunch" noise when I first start off and hit bumps for the first 3 minutes of my drive. I don't have a clue what's going on, if the two suspension issues are even related...

[Topdowneh]

Originally Posted by RLoos

I had this horrible squeak that sounded like it was coming from the right rear shock top mount. As it turned out,the right ebrake cable was squeaking where it went thru that hoop beneath the car. I cut a pice of rubber hose and zip tied it around the cable and no more squeak! Thank you focus fanatics!

I am really glad I found this thread. I have been having this horrible squeak ever since I bought this 2007 focus over a year ago. I have tried everything to the suspension. I read the above suggestion and thought surely this is not it. It can not be this simple. How could a cable going through a loop cause this horrible noise.

Well I found this loop and cable and slapped some white grease all over it - see photo below of cable, loop and grease. Problem solved!!! Wow, I could not believe it. Thank you so much for this thread.

[2007wagon]

I tried the same fix to my 2007 wagon and it worked great. The car has never been quieter.