Hello all! Hope everyone’s thanksgiving was good. Recently, it’s been super cold and snowy here in Colorado. When I go over bumps or ice patches in my f56, the passenger side front suspension area is making a popping noise. Nothing seems to be affected but didn’t know if anyone has experienced this. It’s quite an irritating/cringy noise to listen to. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or ideas.

 

Lower control arms, and strut towers were replaced on mine to alleviate that. (under warranty)

 

Thanks for the info! I'm the second owner though, so not sure if the 'cpo' warranty covers that. I'll have to give my dealer a call to figure it out.

 

It should be covered under warranty. I got mine as CPO and just brought it in for a similar issue. So far they told me they're replacing the control arm. Will find out more when I get the car back.

 

Yep, should be covered, when you fine out exactly what it was post up, my guess is that its a lower control arm bushing or tie rod end.

 

They replaced left and right control arms on my car. And performed an alignment. No more clunking.

 

Thats good, most of the time its that lower suspension.

 

I have a feeling that this is what I'm experiencing in mine. But I absolutely don't trust my local Mini dealer to do anything. I definitely hear and experience it but they had it for several weeks and claimed to not find anything wrong. Same with a rear clunk I had, never found an issue... I then tried to fix on my own afterward and found the RSB bushing were in bad condition. Swapped to the NM 22mm RSB, effectively fixing that issue.