# 2005 dodge magnum rt front suspension noise

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-dodge-magnum-rt-front-suspension-noise/34642>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** magnum, dodge\
**Created:** [August 7, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-dodge-magnum-rt-front-suspension-noise/34642 "2009-08-07T16:10:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![crossram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@crossram](https://community.cartalk.com/u/crossram)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-dodge-magnum-rt-front-suspension-noise/34642/1 "2009-08-07T16:10:11Z")

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this car makes a heavy clunking sound near the right front under-body over a bump at low speeds. Has anyone had this experience and been successful in determining the cause and effecting a successful repair?

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-dodge-magnum-rt-front-suspension-noise/34642/2 "2009-08-07T21:19:37Z")

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Yes, I have. In my case it was a worn out anti sway bar bushing. Effecting a successful repair cost about $5 and tewnety minutes lying on corrgated cardboard.

There are other possibilities. A loose cat converter heat shield is one. That can be repaired by wrapping a $1.29 large worm-type hose clamp around it, agin with the cardboard.

A worn bushing on a sway bar link is another possibility. About $5.

Kissing the top of the speed bump is another possibilty…as a cause, not a fix.

A bad strut mount does this also.

Or any of a dozen other things.

Man, you’re gonna have to get under the buggy and probably the hood to find the source. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![crossram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@crossram](https://community.cartalk.com/u/crossram)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-dodge-magnum-rt-front-suspension-noise/34642/3 "2009-08-08T17:52:32Z")

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Thanks for the response. I suspected the cause was most probably related to loose or worn bushings/linkage-of which there are several. I’ll check out the anti sway bar first. Looks like it’s the cardboard thing.

You mentioned a bad strut mount. The word strut means diffeents things to different people. Are you referring to the mounting for the shock/coil assembly?