# Clunking and Creaking Noise

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/clunking-and-creaking-noise/57020>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volvo, 240\
**Created:** [October 31, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clunking-and-creaking-noise/57020 "2010-10-31T14:47:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hondas2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@hondas2000](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hondas2000)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clunking-and-creaking-noise/57020/1 "2010-10-31T14:47:46Z")

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I have a 1990 Volvo 240DL and when I go over bumps on the driver side there a clunk and a creaking noise.

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clunking-and-creaking-noise/57020/2 "2010-10-31T14:57:12Z")

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Thanks for the report.

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**Author:** ![whoit32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@whoit32](https://community.cartalk.com/u/whoit32)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clunking-and-creaking-noise/57020/3 "2010-10-31T14:58:02Z")

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Check the suspension. Ball joints and stabilizer pins are the first parts that come to mind, But if one suspension part is bad you should just have to whole suspension checked.