I have a clanking sound coming from the drivers side front end of my ‘17 Nissan Titan. It typically happens when I‘m turning, and 95% of the time it only clanks once. The truck has 80k miles. I’ve attached a video of me backing out of the garage with it happening.
This started after my lower control arm was replaced. A reputable local shop worked on it. I was getting noise and odd steering wheel feel when driving off road in farm fields. So nothing too extreme but still rough. They diagnosed it as a bad ball joint and replaced the lower control arm. That has seemed to address the initial issues I took it in for, but this noise appeared after that.
I brought it back, and they can’t find anything wrong. Everything is tight up front. They said they did evaluate the wheel bearings. They were wondering if it might be brake pads clanking but didn’t pull them apart.
I thought I’d post this in case anyone has any ideas. The noise almost sounds like some of the videos I’ve watched that had bad sway bar bushings, but that’s a guess at best. If you have any thoughts or suggestions on what I should check, Id appreciate it!
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This started after my lower control arm was replaced. A reputable local shop worked on it. I was getting noise and odd steering wheel feel when driving off road in farm fields. So nothing too extreme but still rough. They diagnosed it as a bad ball joint and replaced the lower control arm. That has seemed to address the initial issues I took it in for, but this noise appeared after that.
I brought it back, and they can’t find anything wrong. Everything is tight up front. They said they did evaluate the wheel bearings. They were wondering if it might be brake pads clanking but didn’t pull them apart.
I thought I’d post this in case anyone has any ideas. The noise almost sounds like some of the videos I’ve watched that had bad sway bar bushings, but that’s a guess at best. If you have any thoughts or suggestions on what I should check, Id appreciate it!
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