Hi everyone,

I have a 2011 Mazda CX 7 that I recently replaced both the front struts, belt tensioner and idler pulley. For the first 50 miles or so, everything felt and sounded great until (out of nowhere) this ridiculous chirping sound appeared as I was driving. At first I was convinced that it was coming from the new compression on the bottom end of the windshield. I then put electrical tape along the top side of the lip that meets the windshield. No change. After that, I took off the serpentine belt, cleaned the pulleys and triple checked to make sure it's aligned and still, no change. Lastly, I tried putting WD40 on all of the bolts that held the new struts up and, of course, no f**king change.

The noise only happens as I'm driving and without consistency.

I'm at my wits end to try to find the origin of this bane of a sound so if any of you kind folk have ANY suggestions, I'm all ears.

Video with said sound is in Dropbox link

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z47kizgj18...07823.mp4?dl=0

Thank you so much for you time in reading this.

Noah

 

Hey! i have the same model, and recently started to make the same friking sound, although mine is louder and more constant over the last month, although i started to notice it last december. At the time, my suspension mechanich didnt found anything at first glance

Unlike you, however, i havent changed anything recently so everything is pretty much stock.

Have you found anything yet?

EDIT: Here´s a video of mine
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tgq00vr82o...%2045.mov?dl=0

 

HI NOAH,

My vehicle does exactly the same. Did you find out what the issue was???

Thanks,

Melinda


QUOTE=LiveFreeOrShepHard;192293]Hi everyone,

I have a 2011 Mazda CX 7 that I recently replaced both the front struts, belt tensioner and idler pulley. For the first 50 miles or so, everything felt and sounded great until (out of nowhere) this ridiculous chirping sound appeared as I was driving. At first I was convinced that it was coming from the new compression on the bottom end of the windshield. I then put electrical tape along the top side of the lip that meets the windshield. No change. After that, I took off the serpentine belt, cleaned the pulleys and triple checked to make sure it's aligned and still, no change. Lastly, I tried putting WD40 on all of the bolts that held the new struts up and, of course, no f**king change.

The noise only happens as I'm driving and without consistency.

I'm at my wits end to try to find the origin of this bane of a sound so if any of you kind folk have ANY suggestions, I'm all ears.

Video with said sound is in Dropbox link

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z47kizgj18...07823.mp4?dl=0

Thank you so much for you time in reading this.

Noah[/QUOTE]

 

Indeed!

In my case, the problem was both Front Strut Mounts, since they are close to the A/C duct, they were transmitting the sound inside the cabin. After dissasembling the console and everything inside and still doing the sound, we found that by sheer luck

Went to my suspension mechanic, changed the mounts and havent heard anything since then

 

Thank you so much for your reply, I will get my mechanic onto it.

😁😁😁