Noise when I turn?

68stang351 · Mar 13, 2007

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 · Mar 13, 2007

68stang351 said:
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 · Mar 13, 2007

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 · Mar 14, 2007

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 · Mar 14, 2007

check the A-arm bushings, tie rod ends

mustangman666 · Mar 14, 2007

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 · Mar 14, 2007

mustangman666 said:
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 · Mar 14, 2007

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

mustangman666 · Mar 14, 2007

03ghoststang said:
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 · Mar 14, 2007

Mr. SONIC GT said:
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 · Mar 14, 2007

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 · Mar 14, 2007

04YELLOWGT said:
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 · Mar 14, 2007

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 · Mar 14, 2007

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.

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