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. …

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 mileag…

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 bushin…

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… [image] …

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… :rofl: (Yes I know what I did, don’t need no english majors correcting me, thank you lol)

[image] davesmopar: don’t need no :crazy_face::joy::rofl::joy::rofl::joy::crazy_face::grin::joy::crazy_face: (Ten emoji required)

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…

Single loud click from in front of the front seat

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Single loud click from in front of the front seat

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