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Old May 1, 2012 | 07:57 AM
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Hi,

I have a 2006 RR HSE and recently I started hearing this annoying squeaking noise that resembles that sound you hear from an old mattress whenever I go over a few bumps. The sound is coming from the right front wheel well and is extremely embarrassing and god awful, i have no idea on why this issue is happening.

Have any of you guys ever experienced this type of issue and if so where was it coming from?
 

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Old May 1, 2012 | 09:06 PM
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I would get the truck into off road height and go ride it over a few miles of uneven surfaces this will exercise the suspension, your squeaks may go away.

Otherwise maybe you need new bushing on the lower control arms ,
also check the sway bar links they can be checked by disonnecting the lower links and going for a ride
 
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Old Jul 21, 2013 | 11:02 PM
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did you ever figure out the squeak? We have what seems to be the exact same squeak as you describe.

We just replaced the sway bar drop links (no biggie, one of the boots was cut anyway) and we still have the squeak, before we go after the lower bushings... because we don't notice any other symptoms of bad bushings... would love to know if your squeak was caused by something else or new bushings fixed it.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2015 | 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by wittingsun
Hi,

I have a 2006 RR HSE and recently I started hearing this annoying squeaking noise that resembles that sound you hear from an old mattress whenever I go over a few bumps. The sound is coming from the right front wheel well and is extremely embarrassing and god awful, i have no idea on why this issue is happening.

Have any of you guys ever experienced this type of issue and if so where was it coming from?
Did you figure out where the noise is coming from because I have the same exact issue with my 2006 Land Rover Range Rover supercharged.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2015 | 06:03 AM
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Yes, for us, the culprit was the air strut at the top.

This is what it sounds like and what the bad strut looked like...
 
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