coming from a subaru, i noticed the suspension on all four in fact, have a louder than typical "thunk/clunk" when going over small bumps or dips. i thought those were normal for VW pls they might seem louder since there's no other sounds to counter them like engine noise or something? interested to see what others have to say.

 

I just assumed it was because the id is chunky.

 

I have been hearing the same. One of the posters/moderators suggested to check on whether the shipping straps were still on and was not removed as part of the delivery prep. It is more pronounced on the driver side back wheel.

 

I also notice that the suspension is a bit clunky sounding, almost sounds like something is loose sometimes. I also notice a bit of a vibration in the steering wheel on the highway. If I let go of the wheel, I can see it shaking. I have tried it on a few highways and it's the same result. It's not bad enough to take in, yet. I just wonder if the two might be related.

 

I did not notice any steering vibration. I would definitely suggest taking it in. With one of my previous car the vibration in the steering wheel pointed to alignment issues and a bent arm.

 

Yeah my car has none of that at all. That's a problem for sure. I've done nearly four thousand miles on mine and it's very steady.

 

I just picked the car up last week, so it's new. I wanted to give it a little time to see if it would go away with driving because I know it's been on their lot for a while as it has a February build date and I bought it with 94 miles on it. I want to schedule one appointment and have them look at the vibration, order the light bar, and fix/order the trunk scoop trim that isn't locking together cleanly.

 

Alright, glad I set up the appointment now. They're booked up for a few weeks and I'll be out of town for another couple of weeks. The vibration really isn't that bad, but I know it needs to get fixed and I want it gone. I just don't like anyone touching my car unless absolutely necessary!

 

I would check for a loose lug nut before doing any more driving.

 

will do, thanks for the suggestion. Car seems tight when turning though. I am not feeling or hearing anything on turns, so I don’t think that it’s due to a loose lug nut. I’ll definitely check them all with my torque wrench though.

 

I have it on mine and still trying to find with cameras and noise microphone where is it coming from....it is front driver side clunk noise coming when driving over bumps or rough surfaces.

 

Same, though I haven't gotten to microphones and cameras (yet). A recent trip included some time on very rough road, freshly ground ahead of re-paving, and at just the right speed something with the same tone would hit a perfect resonance and buzz loudly instead of clunk. Kind of like a woodpecker pecking on a metal chimney pipe (look that up on youtube if you've never had the pleasure of hearing one). I'd like to find some relatively local road that reproduces it. Ideally near the dealer.

 

I am joining the band with clunking noise, Mine clunks even if I go over the smallest bump. Everything looks tight, I lifted the car on the jack, pulled wheels left-right.... tight. 17K miles

 

If you can reproduce easily....make sure you take technician and Service department foreman for ride and point them in direction where noise is coming when driving. So two people cannot come with excuses there is nothing wrong with front suspension. When i had my i didn't have enough time to trace my clunk ...but in my was front drivers side noise.

 

Stabilizer bar links went…
Dealer Quirk VW in Braintree.
I came in the cold morning with my front end noise, 20K service and windshield washer harness recall. Service adviser said we need to thaw you car to get rid of all the snow and ice to diagnose the front end noise? WTF? You don’t have a power washer to blow off the snow from the car?? I said I hear it all the time regardless odd ice or no ice on the car… she said she will talk to the foreman. Foreman shows up in about 30 minutes and starts with “You have wrong size rear tires, it throws off the computer because wrong circumference. Do you have your other tires” I respond that in my opinion the size of the rear wheels has nothing to do with the noise in the front end. She replies that VW wants correct size tires for proper noise diagnosis (WTF???) I said I don’t believe that, she threatened to stop repairing the car (WTF again) I say she can’t do that. I offer to go on the ride with her technician to help reproduce the noise she says they’ll do it first and then if they can’t they will take me on the ride….She leaves.
Later service advisers shows up telling me it was stabilizer bar links and makes a comment “It was interesting one”…..
WTF?????? Why dealers think all the customer are idiots?????



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After stabilizer barks were replaced the clunking was gone. 1000 miles after still good


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2000 miles on new links, no rattle


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I've also been having a knocking/rattling noise that sounds like it's coming from the front driver's side wheel well when driving over bumps. Just took it in to the dealer, who said it was the "sway bar linkage" I believe (which was a warranty item and will be replaced at no charge.) I'll update with the definitive part once I talk to them again. Might be the same thing @madyury had to have replaced.

 

I wonder if this is due to the fact that the sway bar links are plastic and not metal. I personally have never seen a plastic end link before the id4. It seems durable. Maybe being plastic it has a little more flex and helps ride comfort? I thought “hey, don’t have to worry about rust, hopefully it is durable.” Maybe not?

 

I wouldn’t bet on it being the end link.

 

This new service bulletin may be relevant for some: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10212131-0001.pdf

It sounds somewhat plausible for some noise I’ve been experiencing. I need to get out to the particular spot it reliably reproduces and experiment with braking while traversing it.

 

I got my new ID.4 last Friday. Driving off the lot, noticed a metallic rattle from the front on rough road surfaces (particularly from the driver side). After finding the TSB above, I tested the theory that this was it by driving over rough road between 20-40mph with the brakes lightly applied (I know that's regen but I'm also thinking it snugs up the brakes and applies some pressure if the brakes were needed). With braking applied, the rattle stopped.

So, off to the dealer with the TSB in hand. Took them about 20 minutes to verify and get me out the door with parts ordered. Parts took a day to come in and had the caliper clips replaced today. I'm now noise free....

Cheers,

John

 

I believe my part that needed replacing was indeed the same as @madyury. Got the car back today, and the part says "anti roll bar coupling link" (part number 1EA-411-315-C.) Only driven it a short amount, but rattling noise is gone, and everything was covered under warranty.

 

Super glad it got fixed for you. Thanks for following up.

Sure sounds like an end link to me. Maybe I need to look again but you have: rollbar (held in to the frame by brackets) that attaches to the suspension using end links that are bolted on to the roll bar on one end and the control arm/suspension on the other end. Not many parts involved that can go bad except the end links.

 

I've joined the front end clunk club. I've got a '21 FE that started clunking around 25k miles. I was assured by the dealer that it wasn't dangerous. They've ordered the sway bars and I hope/expect based on this helpful thread that it'll resolve it. I live in Buffalo which has really rough roads- not sure if that wore them out faster, but hopefully its not a regular maintenance item.

 

I was experiencing a rattling noise from the front end, it was noticeable on rough roads. Mentioned it at 20k service and they found that the sway bar links (1EA 411 315 C) were loose and rattling. Replaced driver side, did road test and then replaced passenger side. I thought it was the hood prop rod rattling, guess I was wrong.

 

my FE has this front end rattle, started recently. Now at 24K miles. The "inspection in 1200 miles" (now 1100) notice appeared last week too. Was hoping that I'd get the "come get the software & battery" call by now...

 

I find that the front brake pads clank around between the calipers and the rotors in sharp bumps. Had the same issue on my 07 Touareg V8 and it had 2 vibration dampers per brake pad, 4 per wheel to deal with this issue. All 4 sets of pads rattled around in my new 986 Boxster and was annoying at times with the top down on rougher pavement. ID4 is so quiet, noise that telegraphs through the body is heard far easier than an over the engine and vibration in an ICE car.

 

This would be consistent with something we've noticed whereby the ID.4 sounds like it has gone over a loose manhole cover on certain sharp jounces. Right now, we're just “monitoring” this to see how it goes.

 

Take good look at sway bar links or brake pads....there is remedy for both problems if found that are making clunky noise when running over un even surfaces.
This are two most popular issues, but on some other vehicles it could be something completely different.
To check brake pads.....lift vehicle remove wheel and try by hand moving brake pads if they moving easily there is the noise coming from.

 

Have a first edition MY 21 which around 2800 km got the famous clonk noise from front of the vehicle. My dealer said part that needed replacing was the sway bar. Got the car back now, and the info say "anti roll bar coupling link" (part number 1EA-411-315-C.) Clonk noise is gone, and everything was covered under warranty.

 

I would love to ask from moderator to highlight posts on this thread on symptoms like this what was remedy for getting it fixed.
Post #42 has answer.

 

I would love to ask from moderator to highlight posts on this thread on symptoms like this what was remedy for getting it fixed.
Post #42 has answer.

While armed with Part# from Post #42,

What would be more awesome is to have a copy of a technical service bulletin to sticky to the thread. I recall that the German models had such a TSB for the same link on the ID3's (& some ID4's) last winter. Bunch of ID3 owners were actually contacted BY VW to bring their cars in to inspect, similar to a recall.

This way, when I walk into Service, the desk jockey doesn't look at me with 10 heads, followed by the Service Manager being all poker faced about dialing into corporate on a claim.

Already have the "clunk" from the caliber clips. Would be really awesome to get a TSB issued. Just sayin'.