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Loud Creaking Sound after I release brakes and accelerate.

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion' started by John Dostal, Apr 2, 2017.

  1. John Dostal

    John Dostal Junior Member

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    My 2008 Prius with 208,000 miles is making a pretty loud Creaking Sound in the front when I release the brakes and accelerate. The car does not make the same sound when I brake.

    My Brakes are all good and properly lubricated.

    I pretty much rebuilt the entire front end at 200,000 miles. ( Control Arms, New Sruts/springs, Inner/outer tie rods, and both CV axles, and torsion arms.

    Anybody have suggestions? Thanks, John.
     
    #1 John Dostal, Apr 2, 2017
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    suspension bushings?
     
    #2 bisco, Apr 2, 2017
  3. John Dostal

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    All replaced within 10,000 miles. I had that noise you are talking about before and solved that noise with all new front end.
    Good guess though. This is a very different louder creaking sound.
     
    #3 John Dostal, Apr 3, 2017
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    Hi John I know it's a quiet old post. But
    Did you find what was actually causing the problem? Did you managed to fix?


    iPhone ?
     
    #4 Tapash, Apr 6, 2017
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    I just bought a used 2013 model 3 and it started making the creaking noise when I first begins to accelerate and when I brake. It’s driving me nuts! Anyone have any updates on this? Thanks!
     
    #5 JSmith11, May 31, 2022
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    another thought is rusty brake disks. try getting up to 30mph on a quiet road, slip her into neutral and gently apply brakes to clean the rust off.
     
    #6 bisco, May 31, 2022
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