Clunk-clonk noise from the back or underside of the car, Loud knocks when going over bumps or when braking lightly. Options

[san0]

Here's something i found on this website which will be of interest to you all! Thanks to Colin - owner of this website: http://www.colin99.co.uk/home_car.html

If you have done around 60,000 miles or more, you may have noticed a clunk / clonk noise from the back or underside of the car. This can happen when going over bumps or when braking lightly. The cause is wonderfully simple and cheap to solve. There are two Anti Roll Bar Bushes, and even slight wear in these will cause noises.

The split is supposed to be there, but the wear in the centre bore is not. These cost about £5 each at your Toyota dealership, and any mechanic can fit them both in just a few moments, so don't pay too much to have them fitted. My mechanic said "It took longer to jack the car up than to fit them". The part number is T488818-20380 (Stabilizer bush N/STK), and you will require two of them. Don't fit one and have to go fit the other a few months later like I did! I've been told by two readers that the same problem applies to the earlier series of Celica which ran up until 1994, but I don't have the part numbers for the earlier models.

If clonks are only at low speed when going over bumps, you may have worn out a rear wheel control arm. There are four of these, two with adjusters to set the rear wheel alignment. In my case, after a lot of driving through poor quality country roads, the bush developed slack in the nearside non-adjustable control arm. The whole arm had to be replaced at a cost of some £80, part number T48710-20320.

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His website also identifies problems with gearboxes, alarms, locks, and broken arials!

[Negative]

I like the part where he said our car doesn't suffer from torque-steer. LOL. He needs to drive my Celica - torque-steer owns!
Good article though.