hi can anyone help when driving over bumps im a banging noise but when i brake it goes away

Had a problem like that once. Turnedvout to be a snapped shock absorber

thanks mate its been to mechanic twice and just passed mot its really annoying me now lol

Possibly rear axle bushes or suspension bushes. I had banging thud noise on 52 plate fiat stilo once when going over bumps. i changed them.car was good after that.would say to get a garage to do it though.unless u can get hold of spring clamps & a bearing press. had to remove whole rear axle aswell but i think the focus has independant wishbone suspension.
Have u checked ur boot & wheelwell incase somehing is banging around. sounds stupid but worth 2 minutes of ur time to check

im gonna empty the boot and wheel well and see what that does its just strange that it stops when i break thanks for your reply

iv just had the car checked again haf self tapping screws put in heat shield and emptied the boot but its still doing it but not as bad any ideas

prob a suspention bush gone. When you brake it takes up the slack in the bush and that's why it stops knocking.

Have you had brake pads fitted recently anything else should have been picked up on mot. Loose pads wont have been picked up on a stationary car.

i done the rear pads myself oooopppss lol and now its knocking everythink has bin checked is tight and no movement in bushes or springs etc

calipers loose ?

I have the same in mine although I would class it as a metallic rattle and ford said the brakes were not official ford ones and were a little lose and did not fit properly.

Check if they are the rear or front by driving with the hand brake slighty on. If the noise isnt there any more its the rear, if it is it will be the front pads.

most modern cars use separate brakes for the hand brake to the normal rear disks/pads.

when i fitted pads i was told they were the wrong ones so changed them and now bin told they might be wrong aswell when handbreak is slightly on the noise stops

i think this is the same problem on mine