Car making weird noises after getting serviced
New rattles, clatters, or pops appearing immediately after a mechanic visit usually stem from loose components or unfinished reassembly during the repair. This unexpected transition leaves drivers questioning if their vehicle is actually safe to drive and worried that the shop made a mistake.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1checking for loose components like heat shields
- 2monitoring how the car drives
- 3Taking apart the pads and rotors to re-lubricate them
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“After replacing the clutch, flywheel and tob the startup is different i’m not sure why maybe i’m paranoid but it feels different.”source ↗
“I had my front brakes calipers and rotors replaced about a month ago and now whenever I hit a bump I hear almost like a clatter sound from under my front driver side tire.”source ↗
“I can slightly shake my brake back and forth on the rotor on both front tires (back ones are both stiff and don’t move) no noise comes from the passenger side.”source ↗
“whenever the car sits for a bit (usually a few hours) when I go in reverse and hit my brakes they will make like a pop sound when I initially touch the brake and once I get to a complete stop.”source ↗
“This morning, after picking up the car and driving it, I noticed an intermittent rattling noise that seems to come from the front right part of the car.”source ↗
“Am I being paranoid about the noise? I mainly just care if the car is safe to drive.”source ↗
“Now, when the car is running and in park. When I press on the brakes it makes this clicking/thumping noise.”source ↗
“Everytime I release my foot off the brakes I hear this moaning sound.”source ↗
“When I come to a complete stop while going very slow I hear it.”source ↗
“When I lift up my foot from the brake pedal fast I hear like a bounce sort of hum as well.”source ↗
“I took the pads and rotors off from the front again and put them back lubricated what needed to be lubricated and what not and I'm still hearing it.”source ↗
“I noticed when turning the car off that it makes this ker krnk sound. Just started today. What could this be?”source ↗
“I open my car door and heard the same noise.”source ↗
“The noise does not appear to be coming from the door. It's closer to the dash/steering.”source ↗
Where this came up
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