Re: Serious Noise from Front End (archive)

Josh, I had a thumping noise from my front end (97 convertible) when hitting bumps or turning the wheel left/right. I took it in and they replaced split bushings, but the problem stayed. Ultimately they found broken welds on the strut mounts.

Looking to get some feedback from the board with the issues I am having with my '97 Coupe with 60K miles.

Recently I began to get a serious noise and vibration through the steering wheel, coming from the front end when I drove at 50MPH and higher. Seemed that when I would move the wheel left or right it would go away. Took it to the dealer and they told me that the bushings were cracking. I didn't fix it at that point because of a lack of time. I continued driving it and now I have a very large noise as if the bushing have cracked all the way and are flopping around. I am going to take it to the dealer and have them replace the bushings. I just don't want to spend the money and find out it was the shocks or another problem.

Another note is that when I turn around a sharp curve at low speeds I get a humming noise.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Josh Mann

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