Noise when I turn?

[68stang351]

Sometimes when I turn, there is a "clunk, thunk, or thud" that comes from the front of my car. It doesn't do it all the time, and it doesn't matter which way I'm turning.
The first couple times it did it, it was at very low speeds, like turning in a parking lot. It also did it a few minutes ago when I was turning at about 40-45mph.
Anyone else had this happen, or know what it could be? Should I be worried?
The car has less than 36k, its an 04 GT 5sp, all stock.

Thanks in advance

 

[Back2Mustangs]

Sometimes when I turn, there is a "clunk, thunk, or thud" that comes from the front of my car. It doesn't do it all the time, and it doesn't matter which way I'm turning.
The first couple times it did it, it was at very low speeds, like turning in a parking lot. It also did it a few minutes ago when I was turning at about 40-45mph.
Anyone else had this happen, or know what it could be? Should I be worried?
The car has less than 36k, its an 04 GT 5sp, all stock.

Thanks in advance

If it were suspension related you'd probably hear/feel it more often..... Is your battery secure? Have you recently done anything to the struts or springs? Are the wheels oem? My 9 inch wheels at full lock will rub the a-arm and cause a pop when the wheel weight hits the a-arm... Just offering suggestions, sorry. Has anything changed or has anything been worked on in the front of the car?

 

[68stang351]

I haven't touched the car, except for pulling the silencer and adding a K&N.
It's all stock, and has factory Bullitts.

Thanks for the ideas, I'll check it out tomorrow, when its light out, and hopefully not raining.

 

[Mr. SONIC GT]

I have a rattle like sound at like a low speed and i have the same car but i have had the x pipe and cat-back put in so not sure if i helped.

 

[03ghoststang]

check the A-arm bushings, tie rod ends

 

[mustangman666]

Does it make this sound when you have the steering wheel turned sharp? I'd say check the CV joints and boots. When the CV joint get worn they tend to make a clunking sound but only when turning.

 

[03ghoststang]

Does it make this sound when you have the steering wheel turned sharp? I'd say check the CV joints and boots. When the CV joint get worn they tend to make a clunking sound but only when turning.

these cars dont have CV joints or boots, maybe what you are tying to refer to is the hub on the spindle and maybe the bearings are bad or on their way out

 

[Mr. SONIC GT]

well on a 04 they should not be bad but i am takeing mine to the dealer.

 

[mustangman666]

these cars dont have CV joints or boots, maybe what you are tying to refer to is the hub on the spindle and maybe the bearings are bad or on their way out

my bad. i was thinking about the hub and spindle and writing something else.

 

[03ghoststang]

well on a 04 they should not be bad but i am takeing mine to the dealer.

anything can go bad on a car at any given time just because its an 04 dosent mean that it cant happen, theres 06-07 cars that have defect parts

 

[04YELLOWGT]

It sounds like a bad wheel bearing, at least thats wht mine was. My 04 did it when I had about 8k miles on it at that time. Take it to Ford they should cover it. They only had mine a few hours and havent heard a thing since.

 

[03ghoststang]

It sounds like a bad wheel bearing, at least thats wht mine was. My 04 did it when I had about 8k miles on it at that time. Take it to Ford they should cover it. They only had mine a few hours and havent heard a thing since.

i replace the one on the driverside at 15K about a year after i bought it

 

[68stang351]

I ran a lot of errands today and was in and out of the car for about 3 hours this morning and never heard it once.

 

[04YELLOWGT]

You wont hear it all the time. I would hear mine one day and then not hear it for a couple days. Mine was the worst during low speed turns in parking lots like you said. I dont know how bad this can got or what can happen do to it but I would deffinatley get it fixed.