2013 v6 panhard bar bend and making rattle noise
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David Young (2/3/18)
2/1/18, 07:44 PM
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Yes my wife actually was driving in the highway on the left lane and a car passing by scared her and she turned left and the car/wheels hit the highway railing had to repair the whole left side and suspension and it was making a rattle sound and barely yeaterday i found out it was because that panhard bar was bend it upwards and hitting another bar every time
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Erick Alejandro Herrera (2/2/18)
2/2/18, 07:37 AM
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Yep, simple solution is to buy and install a new one. Or you could try to straighten the old one . . . try pulling down really hard in the middle and see what happens.
Somewhat less simple but even cheaper is to find a take-off from someone who replaced theirs with an adjustable one when they lowered their car, and they will give it to you for free.
I have one if you want to come to Massachusetts to get it!
Somewhat less simple but even cheaper is to find a take-off from someone who replaced theirs with an adjustable one when they lowered their car, and they will give it to you for free.
I have one if you want to come to Massachusetts to get it!
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Erick Alejandro Herrera (2/2/18)
2/2/18, 08:28 AM
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Bending it straight is probably possible, but I wouldn't do it. A new panhard rod is the best fix. You said that there was considerable damage to the driver's side of the car. I assume it was repaired by a professional body shop. This is something they should have found and replaced when the repairs were done. Anybody can make a mistake, but since this is something that should have been done when the car was repaired you may be able to get them to do it for free.
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Erick Alejandro Herrera (2/2/18)
2/2/18, 03:47 PM
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yes i could of told the guy that fixed it initially but just went ahead and took it some where else it was $127 (50$ for part & $75for labor) and yeah that bar really got a big hit so today after replacing the sound is finally gone !
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2/3/18, 02:42 AM
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The body shop that fixed it should have seen this damage and included it in the repair. Your insurance should have paid for it 
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I get $75 for a service call to walk into a backyard before I do anything.
After seeing that first picture I knew it had to have been something like that. Also it should have been paid for by the insurance, the body shop should have caught that especially on a rear side hit.
After seeing that first picture I knew it had to have been something like that. Also it should have been paid for by the insurance, the body shop should have caught that especially on a rear side hit.
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not sure why you didn't want to deal with the first shop, but that really isn't bad; if you value your time then dealing with the insurance company probably would have "cost" you more than that
2/3/18, 07:51 AM
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Yeah, I am sure they charged him something like the 1 hour minimum charge for installation, but changing a pan hard bar doesn't take 20 minutes with a lift.
2/3/18, 09:55 AM
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yeah , i didn't want to deal with the first shop because they took way to long doing the repairs the first time and i didn't want to go thru all that again so just brought it to the guy who installed my Roush Axle-backs and he did it , it was a reasonable price and yeah he only took around 45 minutes . now i'm just happy sound is gone on to the next upgrade
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