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  • rustyvw

    March 17, 2010 8:28 p.m. rustyvw HalfDork

    This morning as I was backing out of my driveway, I turned the wheel and heard a loud clunk. I've looked everything over, and I don't see anything obviously wrong. I took it out on the road and everything seems alright. It's just when I cut the wheel hard it makes this noise like somebody hitting one of the springs with a hammer. I'm assuming it's a strut problem, but I can't figure it out. It's a 2002 Jetta with about 95k miles on the original parts.

    I'm sure somebody on here has dealt with something similar and can offer some advise.

  • P71

    March 17, 2010 8:35 p.m. P71 UltraDork

    My P71 does it all the time. It's the suspension binding up at full lock when you encounter travel up/down at the same time. Bigger tires (30MM wider than stock) didn't help. Only does it leaving the driveway (or other up/down full-lock situations) and it hasn't broken anything.

 

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