Creak curiousity

[Silver Cobra]

I was cleaning my baby's interior today and since my neighbourhood is very quiet, I can hear everything. Whenever I would sit in the back seat, the car's rear would creak. It's like when you sit on a couch and you can hear the springs creak and what not. When I would get out of the back seat, the car would creak again like it was lifting back up. I know when a couch does it, it's nothing serious. I'm just hoping the same can be said for my car. I have strong feelings it's nothing big but, since it's a Lincoln, I just wanna make sure from best of the best people! ;) :D .

[dave d]

my old 98 had similiar problems that turned out to be the rear sway bar bushings on the frame rail(under the brackets). a little synthetic lube took care of it.

you could also try lubing all the bushings on the trailing arms,lower arms ,etc.

[Nick]

Our Continentals do that. It's the rear parking brake cables rubbing on something. After many attempts to fix it at the dealer, it's quieter, but not totally gone. Sometimes I can hear it.

[ March 09, 2004: Message edited by: Nick ]