Extremely loud creaking noise from rear left

[02PewterBird]

About a month ago the Firebird suddenly started to make a very loud creaking noise when going around corners and over bumps, and it's getting worse. It's loud even inside the car, but it's been like that since it started. The guy at the dealer sprayed something on the rear suspension when I took it for an oil change, but it didn't get any better or might have made it worse. My dad was saying it seemed to be riding really rough today. When I push down on the left side of the car it creaks until it stops moving.

What the heck is wrong with the car? HELP!

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[F1GT]

sounds like metal to metal sound? My car used to make a bit of a creaking/squeaking like noise when it was new. The dealer put grease at the base of the spring, but it was still there. But as the car aged, it just went away.

ur car is '02, try bringing it to a different dealer.

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[02PewterBird]

It was just the oil change tech at the Chevy dealer, so I didn't really expect much. It could just need some grease, but this is so loud, and combined with the rough ride I think something might be broken.

We've had the car for nine months, and it didn't happen gradually. We were leaving a parking lot, made a right turn, it squeaked, and it's been doing it ever since.

Gotta take it in anyways, something in the seat is broken and it moves when the car turns.

[Dominic]

Try greasing the D bushings on the rear swaybar, thats what was creaking bad in mine...

[Dr Todd]

My car did the same thing. I put wheel bearing grease where the rear spring rest on the bottom spring support. Some people have cut rubber, say from an inner-tube, and put it between the bottom of the spring and the support

[MingisDew31186]

Check out yout sway bar..could be loose, or damaged.