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Car Forum / Honda Cars / February 2005Metallic Clanking Noise
My 2003 Honda Accord inconsistently makes a clanking noise when I break to turn a corner. Sometimes it happens when I turn left, sometimes it does not. Same goes for turning right. I just had my car in for the 60,000 maintenance and had the service tech ride with me so he could hear the noice -- this is the second time the Dealership has tried to determine what was causing the clanking. After 2 hours, they still had no idea. Now they say if I pay additional money that they will continue to look for the cause. Has anyone had this problem; should I pay to go further??? Thanks! I could be totally off base in your case, but had a similar problem on my Nissan when I first got it: it sounded like I had pots and pans tied somewhere on the front. As I bought the car new from the dealer, they also could not find where it was coming from. Eventually I found that the cheap OEM plastic hubcaps were doing it - replaced them and my front end has been quiet since. There are many other things that could cause noise, but the above is quickly checked. Remco > I could be totally off base in your case, but had a similar problem on > my Nissan when I first got it: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Remco I agree with Remco. I had a noise between a screech and clunk (low volumn) when I asked the dealer (Ford Taurus 92) about it he told me it was hub caps, took them off and told me to test drive the car. It was quite as a mouse. He loaned me a tube of some kind of goo to coat the contact points of the hub caps. They were still working fine when a tow truck totaled it a couple of years ago after 220000 miles. It is easy to check and free, just drive around without hub caps for an hour. Ernie Have them check the boots on your CV joints. If some of the grease leaked out, then the joint could be seazing up which could cause the sounds you're describing. > My 2003 Honda Accord inconsistently makes a clanking noise when I break to > turn a corner. Sometimes it happens when I turn left, sometimes it does [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > they say if I pay additional money that they will continue to look for the > cause. Has anyone had this problem; should I pay to go further??? Thanks! I totally agree that CVs could absolutely do what he's describing. A mechanic can easily tell when those go bad - that's why I suggested looking at hubcaps since that happened to me. If a mechanic cannot dianose that correctly after 2 hours of work and needs more money to be sure, I would bring it elsewhere because they are looking to rip you off. I second Sean D's post. 60k is way early for failing CV joints, but that is probably the #1 symptom. Is there any clicking when accellerating into a turn? Climb under the car and see if the CV boots are split open. They look like accordians and are on the inside of each front wheel at the end of a shaft that terminates at the transmission. If the boots are open/cracked/greasy, then you'll likely need the joints overhauled/axles replaced. |
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