Hi guys,
I have a 2019 ST at about 9,300 miles. I have been starting to notice a meral geinding noise when making right turns that require a bit of grip (i.e. freeway on ramps and cornering in canyon driving) and it’s gotten noticeably louder recently. At first it sounded like something coming from my suspension decompressing and maybe a couple of bushings needed to be greased. But it’s become more of a rotating metal kind of clanging sound. I’ve checked the axle and half shaft and there isn’t any play or wiggle when I try to move them and all the rubber boots are intact. This leads me to believe my diff is grinding when taking right turns. I would bring my car into a dealership as it is under warranty still, however I have a tune from stratified (car only has an exhaust and gapped spark plugs) and I’m worries the technician will say it is due to the bump in torque and then not cover anything that is defective as well as charge me a diagnostics fee. Should I just keep driving it until it becomes un-driveable and swap an msport lsd out of pocket or take my chances and bring it to a Ford dealership? Any other ideas on what this noise could be and has anyone else experienced this? This car has seen two autoX days and lots of canyon driving, but it should take more than that to kill a brand new diff on a 9k mile car!!
I have a 2019 ST at about 9,300 miles. I have been starting to notice a meral geinding noise when making right turns that require a bit of grip (i.e. freeway on ramps and cornering in canyon driving) and it’s gotten noticeably louder recently. At first it sounded like something coming from my suspension decompressing and maybe a couple of bushings needed to be greased. But it’s become more of a rotating metal kind of clanging sound. I’ve checked the axle and half shaft and there isn’t any play or wiggle when I try to move them and all the rubber boots are intact. This leads me to believe my diff is grinding when taking right turns. I would bring my car into a dealership as it is under warranty still, however I have a tune from stratified (car only has an exhaust and gapped spark plugs) and I’m worries the technician will say it is due to the bump in torque and then not cover anything that is defective as well as charge me a diagnostics fee. Should I just keep driving it until it becomes un-driveable and swap an msport lsd out of pocket or take my chances and bring it to a Ford dealership? Any other ideas on what this noise could be and has anyone else experienced this? This car has seen two autoX days and lots of canyon driving, but it should take more than that to kill a brand new diff on a 9k mile car!!
