This is my first post here. Hi all.. I have owned several caravans over the years and the last 3 have all suffered from this exact problem, but my latest 2006 caravan with 180,000 kilometers has it now for the last few months.

It creeks (not really thumps that you can feel it), but creeky while turning corners slowly or slowly going over bumps in the road, its not always done this but now its quite loud, basically creeky! while the van is rocking on its suspension. You dont ever hear it driving at speed.

Any ideas?
I figure its gotta be a common thing if 3 of the vans Ive owned have done this, all ranging in years from 1998 to now.

 

sway bar links or strut bearings but I'll bet it's swaybar links

 

Welcome to DF
Don't rule out lower ball joints too.

 

Thanks

I just went out and while parked and not running, pushed up and down on both corners, and I can easily reproduce the creeky/poppy on the left side, and the right side is quiet. Im gonna guess its the sway bar links over the ball joint if I can do it that easily.

Im gonna grab those as well as I really need the power steering resovoir as well to fix that moaning noise so Ill get all the parts!

 

I put my hand on the link and have someone jounce the suspension. feeling the noise really pinpoints the cause.

 

My friend just had this repaired on his 2001. It was strut bearings.

 

I havent ruled these out but Ill start with the cheap and easy and work my way up, figure the end links with my mileage cant hurt to be replaced anyways... I also got new sway bar bushings