2007 Front Suspension Thunking Noise
11-20-2014, 06:33 PM
#2162
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Texas
Posts: 2
Thunking Noise
I have been chasing this problem in my car for two years and finally found it. Unbelievable, but it was the sway bar bushings. The bushings are solid (They don't have the slit to wrap around the bar like many bushings do). Just take the cap off the bushing. You'll see the tear in the bushing. When you put them on, they'll have to be slid on from the sway bar link end. GOOD LUCK... HKarl
11-30-2014, 02:54 PM
#2163
1st Gear Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 58
I had replaced the struts/springs/strut mount as well as the lower control arms a few months ago on our 2006 GT convertible. A thunking noise recently appeared from the right front, so I replaced the sway bar links and tie rod ends.
The front end rides quietly now. I also checked the toe in with a string, and reset the right side a bit to match up with the left side.
Drives perfectly now.
The front end rides quietly now. I also checked the toe in with a string, and reset the right side a bit to match up with the left side.
Drives perfectly now.
06-06-2016, 09:13 AM
#2164
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Ontario
Posts: 1
2005 to 2007 Mustang front end clunk
I bought a 2006 Mustang GT in 2015 with low km's. I noticed a clunk/ lumbering sound on small bumps ( mainly in the right front). It really surprised me that it could have this problem with only 47,000 km on it. Apparently it is very common on the 2005 to 2007 Mustangs. I believed it to be the upper strut mount. I replaced it with one from the dealer part number AD1044. The same noise was there. After more research and coming across a Ford bulletin, the only way to fix it is to put on a strut mount for a 2008 Mustang. The part number is AD1062. The car feels like new. Hopefully this helps out those who have been chasing this issue for some time.
06-07-2016, 08:59 PM
#2165
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Texas
Posts: 2
Front suspension thinking noise
I finally found the problem with the thinking noise on my '07 GT. It was the front sway bar bushings. You can't see the wear because of the design, but when I took the caps off the bushings, extreme wear was easily seen. Always sounded like strut mounts. Even after replacing struts and mounts. Hope this helps someone.
05-26-2020, 12:34 AM
#2167
Join Date: May 2020
Location: LA
Posts: 2
Thunk n front end
My 09 Mustang does something. I replace the struts, sway bar links, innerainner and outer tie rod ends all in an attempt to get rid of this noise. I still hear the noise every day. Now I guess since reading this I will have to check on upgrading my sway bar. I will let y'all know if that helps.
05-26-2020, 03:51 PM
#2168
Gentleman's Relish
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: AZ
Posts: 13,090
My 09 Mustang does something. I replace the struts, sway bar links, innerainner and outer tie rod ends all in an attempt to get rid of this noise. I still hear the noise every day. Now I guess since reading this I will have to check on upgrading my sway bar. I will let y'all know if that helps.
05-27-2020, 09:04 AM
#2169
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: IA
Posts: 19
Always double check your end links before doing anything else. Can't tell you how many times I have thought they were tight and they had come loose again. Especially since you replaced them. It might save you a lot of time. Coincidentally, my daughter had a Mariner that was plagued with the same problem. Every time she would call I'd tell her to check the end links. She'd say she did, and then take it in and low and behold the end links would be loose.
12-12-2020, 03:10 AM
#2170
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Arizona
Posts: 3
Convertibles thunk too....
Sorry but I disagree completely.
Thumping is not the same as Thunking or Clunking.
We've all heard what a thump sounds like. Thump your fist on a table top. A bass drum makes a thump. The sound barrier when broken makes one heck of a thump if your close enough when it happens. Pound your chest with your fists like a gorilla does. That's a thumping noise, okay? Get the difference?
That's the sound they are discribing. They are talking about hearing the wheels go over expansion joints and/or patching, every seam etc. They are talking about hearing the tires go over these.
The sounds they are talking about are entirely different than what we hear in our coupes.
The thunking / clunking sound we hear is metalic.
The convertables do not make a thunking noise. I have tested a few of them myself and I have at least one testimony from the convertable thread on this forum that there are no thunking noises. Also the Shelby GT500 forum has verified their cars do not exhibit any such noise at all.
Again, the convertables and the GT500's all have the cross member that is otherwisemissing on our coupes.
It would be great if somone found an article on the GT and V6 coupes that states they hear thunking noises. Now that would put a lot of pressure on Ford by itself as they pay attention to national / world wide publications.
Thumping is not the same as Thunking or Clunking.
We've all heard what a thump sounds like. Thump your fist on a table top. A bass drum makes a thump. The sound barrier when broken makes one heck of a thump if your close enough when it happens. Pound your chest with your fists like a gorilla does. That's a thumping noise, okay? Get the difference?
That's the sound they are discribing. They are talking about hearing the wheels go over expansion joints and/or patching, every seam etc. They are talking about hearing the tires go over these.
The sounds they are talking about are entirely different than what we hear in our coupes.
The thunking / clunking sound we hear is metalic.
The convertables do not make a thunking noise. I have tested a few of them myself and I have at least one testimony from the convertable thread on this forum that there are no thunking noises. Also the Shelby GT500 forum has verified their cars do not exhibit any such noise at all.
Again, the convertables and the GT500's all have the cross member that is otherwisemissing on our coupes.
It would be great if somone found an article on the GT and V6 coupes that states they hear thunking noises. Now that would put a lot of pressure on Ford by itself as they pay attention to national / world wide publications.