Front and rear end rattling

GIPSONLADY

MEMBER
2007 MAZDA 3
2.0L
4 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
134,568 MILES

When driving the front-end rattles bad and the rear-end. My car fishtails on certain parts of the highway. I replaced both driver side and passenger side CV axles, and it still rattles bad!

Monday, May 16th, 2022 AT 8:59 AM

1 Reply

KEN L

MASTER CERTIFIED MECHANIC
48,363 POSTS

I have seen the sway bar links are main frame bushings go bad and make noise along with the fishtail you are talking about. Here is a guide to help you see what's going on. If you uploaded a short video of the noise, we can tell for sure. You can do so in your response.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/popping-noise

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-a-sway-bar-link

Check out the diagrams (below). Please let us know what happens.

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