# Jerking or Clunking Knock When Vehicle Almost To Complete Stop **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** dodge, grandcaravan\ **Created:** [June 18, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-or-clunking-knock-when-vehicle-almost-to-complete-stop/93583 "2016-06-18T07:11:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cityboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@cityboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cityboy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-or-clunking-knock-when-vehicle-almost-to-complete-stop/93583/1 "2016-06-18T07:11:12Z")
My Dodge van makes a jerking/clunking knock under the vehicle when it comes to almost a complete stop. Feel strong inside the vehicle. If I break hard or gently that jerking/clunking knock will not happen- gotta hit and miss when I tried to control it. I am thinking of front brake which I must replace, it’s pulsation occasionally, hopefully nothing serious, anyone experience this? thanks. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-or-clunking-knock-when-vehicle-almost-to-complete-stop/93583/2 "2016-06-18T07:16:06Z")
Lots of possibilities. Have the brakes and suspension looked at on this vehicle of mysterious year and model and unknown mileage and maintenance. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-or-clunking-knock-when-vehicle-almost-to-complete-stop/93583/3 "2016-06-18T15:43:17Z")
I would take a very close look at the motor mounts, as loose/broken mounts can cause the exact symptoms that the OP describes. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-or-clunking-knock-when-vehicle-almost-to-complete-stop/93583/4 "2016-06-18T17:08:23Z")
My 01 taurus clunks too. Don’t want to inspect sway bar links or bushings. Maybe in October when it cools down ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-or-clunking-knock-when-vehicle-almost-to-complete-stop/93583/5 "2016-06-18T17:49:39Z")
It could be many things, but when my Dakota started the same noise,it was a ball joint. Replaced the ball joint and never heard the sound again. Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-or-clunking-knock-when-vehicle-almost-to-complete-stop/93583/6 "2016-06-18T17:54:27Z")
**_@cityboy I’ve Never Had Loose Nuts… But Some People Have Suffered From That. I’d Check The Wheel Lug Nuts If You Haven’t Done So, Already. CSA_** ---
**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-or-clunking-knock-when-vehicle-almost-to-complete-stop/93583/7 "2016-06-18T17:55:00Z")
It could be a violent downshift from the transaxle. Fairly common, especially if it has been filled with the wrong transmission fluid. ---
**Author:** ![cityboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@cityboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cityboy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-or-clunking-knock-when-vehicle-almost-to-complete-stop/93583/8 "2016-06-18T21:53:54Z")
NYBo could be right, I had tranny fluid change at Jiffy Lube and I think they put regular fluid in it instead of AFT 4 (I think), need a flush again. ---
**Author:** ![ColtHero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@ColtHero](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ColtHero)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 10:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-or-clunking-knock-when-vehicle-almost-to-complete-stop/93583/9 "2016-06-19T10:28:45Z")
Same Mountainbike: That’s pretty funny! ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-or-clunking-knock-when-vehicle-almost-to-complete-stop/93583/10 "2016-06-20T04:36:08Z")
If your van has rear wheel drive, could be a problem in the u-joints or lack of lube where it splines into the transmission. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-or-clunking-knock-when-vehicle-almost-to-complete-stop/93583/11 "2016-06-20T20:32:32Z")
**^** It’s a Dodge Caravan, so that means it’s most likely FWD. I suppose that it could have AWD, but those are pretty rare. ---
**Author:** ![cityboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@cityboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cityboy)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-or-clunking-knock-when-vehicle-almost-to-complete-stop/93583/12 "2016-06-21T00:42:58Z")
it’s FWD, I scheduled online with Dodge dealership and system generated a Band 3 adjustment for $122. Nothing mention about wrong fluid, I will check with service department when I bring my car in and update you all.