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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 09:47 PM
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Toc Toc - Clunk Noise when hit a bump

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My truck is a 2002 Ml 320 with about 60k on it. I had the dealer replaced the two front lower ball join + the two tie-rod under warranty. However, even with those replaced, I can hear a light tuk tuk clunking noise when I hit a few bumps one after the other at about 15mph. It does not sound tight at all. anyone know what might be wrong ? The noise is coming from the front and I don't feel like if there was anything loose in the steering, just the sound (kinda deep tuk tuk noise).

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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 11:34 PM
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a car that can't do the throttle reset.
torsion bars.
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 07:47 AM
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Can it be something else ?
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 10:40 PM
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a car that can't do the throttle reset.
of course it could.
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Old Jan 14, 2006 | 10:48 AM
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Front or rear?

Originally Posted by mz3bo
Hi,

My truck is a 2002 Ml 320 with about 60k on it. I had the dealer replaced the two front lower ball join + the two tie-rod under warranty. However, even with those replaced, I can hear a light tuk tuk clunking noise when I hit a few bumps one after the other at about 15mph. It does not sound tight at all. anyone know what might be wrong ? The noise is coming from the front and I don't feel like if there was anything loose in the steering, just the sound (kinda deep tuk tuk noise).

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I had the same except it was from the rear. They replaced the rear coil over shocks to fix. Also replaced the tie rod ends.
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Anyone else ?
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I agree with the earlier post that it could be torsion bars, my truck had same prob, just needs to be tightened up!
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 06:03 PM
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If it is not the torsion bars, then check the shocks which can be loose enough to allow lateral movement.
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