Per your questions:
The groaning occurs during city driving going over bumps and dips.
(Unfortunately we have a lot of them)
The strut mounts were not changed out. The struts installed were Toyota
replacements.
I had noticed at one time the noise disappears when I carry a weight in
the
trunk and is prevalent while driving with a passenger. Earlier when I
posted
this someone suggest that the solution should be obvious: put the
passenger
in the trunk! :)
The other item is the rear suspension is quite soft. 2 or 3 people in the
back seat and I can be bottoming out pulling into the driveway.
Robin
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what driving conditions do you hear the noises? Speed bumps,
driveway, slow speeds, higher speeds etc? Have someone listen to it
driving slow in the parking lot, exercise necessary precautions.
Did you also changed out the strut mounts (and the rubber boots and
spring seats) while at it? That's why some people like to use Monroe
QuickStruts, all new components.
http://www.monroe.com/products/mp_detail.asp?cat=0&detail=Quick-Strut
Your generation of Camry do suffer from bad strut mounts, as well as
later Camrys (02-06) generation rear mounts if you check the TSB
(technical service bulletins). Cheap designs if you ask me. So I'd use
Monroe mounts.
There are other rubber parts (stabilizer bar bu****ngs, control arm
bu****ngs etc) and as Wayne mentioned those could be the sources too.
But if the mounts weren't changed then that's the primary suspect.
On Jul 17, 11:52 am, "RD" <dosvader2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> My 1998 Camry LE has a lot of noise from the front end. It sounds like
> groaning and creaking. Is this a common problem for the 1997-2001 series
> or
> peculiar to mine. Struts have been changed. I am trying to decide if I
> should start changing out everything to see what works (elimination) or
if
> best to target likely areas (but which one(s)?).
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