k9medic

I know this topic has been beat to death but this one has me really confused.

my new to me 2013 Panamera has the suspension clunking noise when going over small bumps.

yesterday was its first visit to the Porsche dealership for an inspection and oil change.

The dealer provided a video of the inspection and said that everything looks great. The suspension is nice and tight and there are no leaks anywhere.

Why in the world would I still have a clunking sound if the inspection found nothing?

ManoTexas

Air suspension equipped?

k9medic

Yes. PASM.

Shrike071

Could be a lot of things...including "normal". Nobody can really diagnose this remotely.

k9medic

That’s kind of what I’m driving at. Is this considered normal for the Panamera?

rbrunelle

No this is not normal and it means the bushings are gone on your upper control arms. A nice DIY project if you are into that thing. The is a youtube video on how to inspect it. It does require taking the shock out to inspect it so by the time you have done that, you might as well change them. FPCEURO.com sells the Panamera part for far less than the dealer. They are the same parts, only the Porsche part number which has been cast into the part is ground off so it can be sold as an aftermarket. First generation upper control arms have this bushing wear problem. The replacement parts will have better bushings.

B Russ

I had that, kinda felt it was control arm bushing based on reading here. The only way I got it fixed was when my air shock failed, while in there they checked the control arms and said fail. Covered CPO on my 2014 4S

k9medic

When I was buying my car, the dealer said that they were replacing the front passenger "strut." This was not a Porsche dealership so I now surmise that they were trying to find this clunking sound and just throwing parts at it.

rbrunelle

It’s a fairly easy job that you can find numerous threads to help you and can be done with only two jacks Make sure you measure the distance from the underside of the fender to the center of the wheel before jacking it The new arms will needs to be tightened with the wheel off and they are tightened at ride height so you use the second jack to compress the strut from under the wheel hub till it is at ride height.