today i noticed a new sound. it is a squeeky sound that occurs whenever i start and stop driving the car. i did the "pushing down the bumper " test for bad shocks and i noticed that the sound is coming from the front passenger corner of the car. it is distinctly a squeek. almost like a soft rubber duckie sound!

is this sound another symptom of bad shocks? please help.

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Jennifer
90 350sdl

Hello
It may be the shock, but I would think its more of a dry bushing somewhere...My rear swaybar links made a funny squeek and they were shot, once replaced - no squeek!
-Jake
(1980 w123 230 sedan)

I had the inner portion of a bushing rusted to the bolt which was causing the squeak, the bushings fell apart and perhaps the inner bushing was rubbing the metal on the car. A common squeak is one which the balljoint has no lubrication, ie the boot has been torn for a while and no grease remained.

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

I had what sounds like the exact same squeak except on the driver's side. I could hear it when ever I tapped the brakes or when I accelerated from a full stop. I eventually traced it to the rubber sway bar mount. On the 123 the sway bar runs in the engine compartment along the firewall with a mount behind the brake booster and another behind the battery. You should be able to get access to the passenger side mount by removing the battery. A little shot of lubricant where the sway bar goes through the rubber bushing on the mount should make the noise go away.

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LRG
1987 300D Turbo 175K
2006 Toyota Prius, efficent but no soul
1985 300 TDT(130K miles of trouble free motoring)now sold

If it is just dry rubber ... here is a standard cure...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=ruglide&btnG=Google+Search