# Single loud click from in front of the front seat **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** hyundai, elantra\ **Created:** [September 8, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/single-loud-click-from-in-front-of-the-front-seat/192745 "2023-09-08T16:06:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bmwho68\_186781](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@bmwho68\_186781](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bmwho68_186781)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/single-loud-click-from-in-front-of-the-front-seat/192745/1 "2023-09-08T16:06:54Z")
So my daughter has a 2013 Hyundai Elantra 4 door with the 4 cyl engine. Whenever she pulls away from a stop, or applies the brakes, there is a loud singular click heard from under the front of the car. It seems to high pitched to be a motor mount. I don’t see a pitch stop for the engine on top. It’s quite frustrating. Vehicle has 140,000 miles on it. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/single-loud-click-from-in-front-of-the-front-seat/192745/2 "2023-09-11T13:06:00Z")
Maybe brake pads installed without the shims. Maybe a stabilizer bar link. Maybe something completely different. To solve this needs eyes, hands and ear on the car. I can’t do much for vaguely described noises over the internet. But _Thank You_ for telling us the year, make, model, engine and mileage. So many posts don’t supply this. ---
**Author:** ![bmwho68\_186781](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@bmwho68\_186781](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bmwho68_186781)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/single-loud-click-from-in-front-of-the-front-seat/192745/3 "2023-09-11T13:33:53Z")
Definitely not a brake pad problem. Full inspection of those components revealed nothing abnormal (missing hardware, frozen caliper, etc). I think the sway bar bushing is a good place to look next. The car spent some time on poorly maintained city streets so wear and movement of the sway bar bushings makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/single-loud-click-from-in-front-of-the-front-seat/192745/4 "2023-09-11T14:54:03Z")
Have someone move the vehicle forward/backward enough to make the noise while watching to see if the front wheel(s) have any forward/rearward movement in the wheel wells (fender), if so it could be the rearward bushings bad (blown out) in the front lower control arms… Bushing in question… ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/4/2473357edb65f2f44da45cbb9715cea0ea6e5e3d.jpeg) Lower control arm, bushing is right side of picture… ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/d/3d926ee8e23c8ca518fd5d44020fd82ffffa2869.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/single-loud-click-from-in-front-of-the-front-seat/192745/5 "2023-09-11T14:56:23Z")
Repeat of prior post: [Singular loud click - Maintenance/Repairs - Car Talk Community](https://community.cartalk.com/t/singular-loud-click/192747) ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/single-loud-click-from-in-front-of-the-front-seat/192745/6 "2023-09-11T15:12:24Z")
Sad part is I saw that 3 days ago (both post), but had forgotten about it until you just posted this… As I was posting this time I thought hummm it’s Dejavu all over again… 🤣 (Yes I know what I did, don’t need no english majors correcting me, thank you lol) ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/single-loud-click-from-in-front-of-the-front-seat/192745/7 "2023-09-11T19:20:13Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > don’t need no 🤪😂🤣😂🤣😂🤪😁😂🤪 (Ten emoji required) ---
**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:** [September 11, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/single-loud-click-from-in-front-of-the-front-seat/192745/8 "2023-09-11T21:26:15Z")
If you are a diy’er and know how to do so safely, support the front end on jack-stands, both front wheels off the ground, then put a jack (or lever) underneath each wheel, one at a time, and jack the wheel up slightly looking for play developing in something that shouldn’t have much play. With luck you might even be able to hear a faint sound which you can isolate to a certain interface. Be sure to check the top strut mount as part of the investigation, presuming car is configured with front struts. A broken strut spring is another possibility, but sometimes that problem is very hard to observe, especially for a diy’er.