I have this wierd noise, which sounds like creaking, coming from the rear on both sides of my '21 Crosstrek. Whether it does it on both sides or just one of the sides depends on the road. I first noticed it when the temps started to get a bit cooler. It only seems to do it when driving over abrupt types of road irregularities, like speed bumps or hitting manholes not adjusted correctly to grade. Speed bumps it will make the noise on both sides....manholes just the side I'm driving over the manhole on. We have one intersection by us that has a pretty aggressive dip in the middle of it and it will do it over that as well when the suspension compresses.....on both sides. I never noticed it before it started to get cooler outside. I'm aware of the TSB on the rear emergency brake cable and have performed the grease and ziptie "fix". That did nothing. I just got in from spraying silicone grease on all the rear bushings and sway bar bushings. Doubt that will do anything, but won't hurt to try. Already removed spare tire, jack and all that....although I knew it wasn't that. Tried jumping up and down on the rear bumper to load/unload the suspension and I could not get it to make any noise. I suspect it's not abrupt enough movement.
Has anybody else heard such noises in cold weather? The car is mouse quiet outside of that occasional noise when driving over the right irregularities. I don't want to have the dealer mess with it quite yet. If it's just a bushing creak in colder weather I can live with it, but if it's an actual mechanical part that's failing that's different. I will probably wait till summer and see if the warm weather takes care of it.....or if it gets worse as time goes on. The closest dealer is also 45 minutes away.
Has anybody else heard such noises in cold weather? The car is mouse quiet outside of that occasional noise when driving over the right irregularities. I don't want to have the dealer mess with it quite yet. If it's just a bushing creak in colder weather I can live with it, but if it's an actual mechanical part that's failing that's different. I will probably wait till summer and see if the warm weather takes care of it.....or if it gets worse as time goes on. The closest dealer is also 45 minutes away.