Hi,
I've recently purchased my first Honda Jazz and trying to deal with couple of issues that didn't present themselves on the test drive.
The main issue is a loud squeaking noise. I assumed suspension and on reading online thought it might be dry bushes. I even noticed the squeaking seemed to stop when it rains. I took the car to local garage who suggested it was a crease in the subframe causing metal to metal contact. It's not a garage I trust on anything but basic servicing though.
Car seems to drive ok, no vibration or pulling to one side. Today took it to another garage and of course the squeaking was less today. They looked underneath and said they could find nothing wrong with subframe, bushes or any play in anything. Two mechanics seemed to disagree with what component they would suggest trying to change, one saying shock absorbers, the other saying anti roll bar I think. Basically though they said they would need to experience the noise first.
I'm curious what the more mechanically minded forum members would be thinking. What component could it be that causes a loud squeak but only intermittently but does not seem to impact driving with no obvious play in any suspension. When it was on the ramp he showed me underneath and the car was rocked from side to side and up and down and no sound.
The other issue I need to address is the air conditioning which doesn't seem to work. I'll probably take to a specialist and I'm assuming it might be compressor after reading about how stones can hit it. I'll try the mesh guard fix mentioned on here once it's working. Do people usually buy used compressor from breakers?
Gary