It was a big day today today, 36000 miles service and MOT.

service was £265, i supplied the oil and didn't need air filter(cleaned it myself),pollen filter(not bothered)or brake fluid(done at 2 years)

0.6 litres of oil returned unused

MOT was £35, passed with no advisories. P Zeros still have 4mm of tread after 16000 miles.

asked them to check out the creaky rear suspension but its stopped doing it. i think putting the car on the ramp with its wheels dangling actually has an effect on this

amongst the various bits of paper they gave me was the official Abarth service tick sheet, guess what, it agrees with the book and the servicing sticky

Pretty happy with the whole exercise

Nice good to see its holding up well 

£265 seems a keen price nice work, at that money id go to the dealers more, hows the car generally driving after nearly 2 years with TMC installed ??

Nice one Lloyd.  Mine got done back in July.  Was 'failed' on first pass for an out of alignment headlight   

My creaky back suspension is still an issue, but the folk who service my baby (Walkers in Northallerton) have checked it all out and find nothing amiss.  They have tywraped various bits & bobs and put draught sealer on various internal bits if bodywork.  Mind you, they usually service Delta Integrales so random bags of spanners left lying around inside teh car are probably considered commonplace.

I find that mine is creakyest at slow speeds (20mph), between 30 & 40 it is more of a knock that a creak and, interestingly, I don't hear any complaints above 50 even on potholey roads.  Is this like yours. We think it might actually be an internal noise inside the shock?

John. 

hmm... I'm certainly guilty as charged as well.  Mine hasn't been on a 'big' jack since I put on the winter wheels.  I should get someone to put it on a jack to test your theory and see if I can get rid of teh noise...

Hi guys,

just reading this regarding the creaking suspension... i discovered that after i went on holiday i got this creaking/knocking from the rear drivers side wheel after the car had been standing for a week (the creaking/knocking gradually got worse). The gap in the wheel arch is smaller than the passengers side as well (could be a different issue) but after it being in abarth yesterday where they had it on the ramp and inspected it they told me that the droplinks can sometimes be noisier and its nothign to worry about for now. After i put some new tyres on they will check the car is in allignment and everything is how it should be.

Surprisingly after using the car this morning on the way to work the noise from the rear drivers side now seems to have disappeared...

I have this problem has well is it the esseesse kit only or both

mines an SS, don't know about Sematic though

creaks can also appear when its really cold and then go away when the weathers warmer.

at the moment mines the quietest its ever been in 3 years

lloyd mine isnt SS, just standard AGP.

update - today my creaking has come back (rear right). Less than a week after abarth had it and said nothing is wrong. Im gonna purchase two new pirellis then send it back and they told me they can properly check it, put it on a wheel allignment machine, make sure everything is fine. I am convinced that it is something to do with the suspension though.