Click from under car on hard accelaration or engine brake

[timorridge]

Hi,

I'm hearing a mechanical type click from under the car, sounds to come from the offside and can be heard under heavy acceleration and also when letting up the clutch to engine brake in a low gear or coming off gas in first against engine and letting the nose dive.

Its not a click click click type noise but just a one off click/tink per event above.

Thinking worn cv or even a sign of a failing DMF although the car drives really well.

Car is a Corolla D4D 115,000 miles.

[Dgr90]

I have the exact same problem, but in a Civic. Hopefully someone knows what it might be, its been bugging me for months!

[paintman]

Could be a worn or loose suspension bushing or ball joint or engine/gearbox mounting.

For those with coil sprung Land Rovers a clunk that sound like it's coming from the middle or rear under the driving conditions given by the OP is usually the rear A-frame ball joint or excess wear between the splines on gearbox output shaft and those on the transfer box input gear.

Edited by paintman on Saturday 7th May 08:36

[stevieturbo]

Most likely as paintball says.

Often it can be the most random bolt somewhere that isnt just tight enough. They may look tight, and almost feel tight...but check them all to ensure they actually are tight.

Or more obvious like a dodgy mounting etc.

[E-bmw]

Definately not DMF or CV.

As some have said could well be a suspension bush/drivetrain backlash/wear/propshaft guibo.

Additionally it could be coming from stress fracturing near a subframe mounting. (I say this, this can be a sign of the rear floor failure around the rear sub-frame mounts on the e36/e46 BMs.)