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Re: Noisy rear end on Fiat Cinqecento

I have just purchased a 'P' reg Cinqecento for the missus. She doesn't

> notice much about the cars and their noises so when she mentioned clunking > and knocking from the back end, I thought I'd better take it for a drive. > > The noise like I say is a clunking and knocking from the rear. I think it > would most likely be the rear wishbones/trailing arm bushes wearing. Does > anyone know of any known problems that would make that kind of noise? > > Thanks in advance.

It's a fairly common issue on the Cinq and Punto.

The only cure is to replace the trailing arms as the bushes aren't available seperately.

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SteveH
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FIAT don't do the bushes separately, but Powerflex do trailing-arm bushes (not listed on their website but a powerflex reseller will know what to order). Can't recall the price exactly but less than half of the FIAT price for new trailing arms, anyway (yes, I've had to do this).

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Tim Vincent

Thanks all, has anyone done this job? And is it as easy as it looks? ;)

Reply to
Lee

I haven't, because I don't have one, but my brother does.

I refer to is as a teachest on castors or an Italian biscuit tin on castors :-)

Pete

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Pete Smith

It's tiny, I drove it today and I can't get used to the taste of the windscreen ;) I have a Pug 405 and with both cars parked front to the fence, the cinqecento only goes back as far as the front of the back wheel. I'll get one of the kids to hold it up while I replace the bushes.

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Lee

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