# Volvo 960 Popping Sound when accelerating

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-960-popping-sound-when-accelerating/33230>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volvo, 960\
**Created:** [July 11, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-960-popping-sound-when-accelerating/33230 "2009-07-11T15:11:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![jhinson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@jhinson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jhinson)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-960-popping-sound-when-accelerating/33230/1 "2009-07-11T15:11:56Z")

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I’ve got a 95 Volvo 960. Yesterday my car started making this clunking, or popping sound as I accelerated (pop…pop…pop). It speeds up as I speed up. Suspecting it had something to do with the driveshaft, I accelerated, then put the car in neutral to coast. The sound went away. I tried throttling in neutral as well and no dice. The sound happens 100% of the time and only when accelerating. Any ideas on what it might be?