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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 06:49 AM
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I recently purchased a 2012 Ford Mustang Premium. Right from the start, I complained about a clunking in the front end, driver side. The car has 46,000 miles on it and I thought it was the struts. According to the dealer, the struts are fine and a problem cannot be found. after reading the forum, I see this problem frequently mentioned. Other than the sway bar, has anyone had this problem and resolved it? The noise is inconsistent and seems to be more noticeable on uneven pavement more so than bumps. And it's more of a rocking/loose noise than a clunk. So frustrating. Otherwise, I love the car.
Old Mar 21, 2015 | 03:57 PM
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Welcome to the forum. I thing there's a large percentage of members here that have similar problems. There's certainly numerous threads that discuss it and possible resolutions.
Old Mar 21, 2015 | 05:20 PM
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You're right. I'll keep reading. Hopefully I'll be able to post how I resolved this problem...soon.
Old Mar 21, 2015 | 07:12 PM
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lower control arms. there's a TSB for this; a creaking or clunking noise when going over speed bumps and so on.
Old Mar 22, 2015 | 11:12 AM
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Thank you, I'll check it out.
Old Aug 18, 2015 | 11:20 PM
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Curious - did you fix your's ? Mine is doing it for the 2nd time.

I have a 2013 GT - 1 1/2 years old. Mine was repaired per a TSB at 14,129 miles last August 13th 2014. Today I have a little over 20,000 miles on the Stang and it is 1 year later since repair. Sunday we are out riding around town, it is 102 degrees here in Northen California. Clunk and creak at every low speed bump and hump. I dread going back to the dealer as the last one that replaced the control arms totally screwed up my alignment to the point that Les Schwab spent 2 hours getting it right. Seems given all of the pressure on the manufactures right now that Ford should step up and fix this mess. All i heard all day was clunk and creak. Going to the dealer tomorrow to see if they will try and repair again. Is there an aftermarket set somewhere to kill this problem once and for all? Funny thing , I have a 2014 RAM 2500 Cummins, they have had a clunk problem for months with the cab fluid based mounts. I had the truck in a number of times for that clunk. They just came out with a new body mount - just had them installed and for the last 3 weeks no clunks. In the case of the RAM it would start within a day or 2 after being in the service dept for the repair. Like the Mustang warm weather made it worse. The fluid was leaking out of the old mounts and it appears this was because the bolts were too long that mounted them from the frame to the cab. In the case of RAM I had a customer advocate calling me every week till the truck was fixed - maybe RAM is a little more customer focused than Ford? If this keeps up I may make a change to something else. Anyway if there is an aftermarket solution, that is probably worth a try. Just looking for a fix for pretty much a perfect car.
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