TD4 Clunking Sound.. Help!!

Morning all,

Back again!!!

Cannot believe my luck, only 2 weeks ago my TD4 returned from the garage with a bill of £1500 to only find something else has manifested.

Whilst reversing off my drive I notice a clunking sound from the rear of the car, thinking it was the buggy in the boot I removed all items before setting off.

Whilst driving a continuous clunking noise can be heard, again from the rear, this sound will speed up or slow down depending on the speed of the vehicle……………… any ideas??

• Rear diff?
• VCU faulty?
• IRD faulty?

Search rear subframe mount- it is known to be a problem

not a loose wheel is it?

Thanks guys.

Will check all wheel nuts tonight then inspect the subframe over the bank holiday and give an update.

could be the top bush on the diff or even the exhaust knocking

Hi all,

So today I thought I would investigate the clunking sound, first up checking all the wheels making sure all were tight and sure enough all were fine!

So I grabbed some tools and had a look under the car, exhaust looked fine so did everything else, I took a moment to think then from the corner of my eye I noticed this bad boy!!!!! (See Picture)


Change the wheel straight away and no clunking sound........... Happy days!!!!

Big Vin said:

Hi all,

So today I thought I would investigate the clunking sound, first up checking all the wheels making sure all were tight and sure enough all were fine!

So I grabbed some tools and had a look under the car, exhaust looked fine so did everything else, I took a moment to think then from the corner of my eye I noticed this bad boy!!!!! (See Picture)


Change the wheel straight away and no clunking sound........... Happy days!!!!

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dont see how that could make a [clunking sound] but at least you got it fixed

mickymck said:

dont see how that could make a [clunking sound] but at least you got it fixed

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If it's on the inside it would be catching the metal bits in the spring or damper area.

Yes you are correct Hippo, there was another 4cm hanging on by a thread which is not shown. Anyways problem sorted thanks everyone for all your help and advice.

Make sure your spare matches the other 3 , same make/model/size and tread depth