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My car is making a clunking sound ever so often when I drive. My MOT certificate indicated that my macpherson struts had slight movement could these be the cause of the noise?

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Individually push the back and front bumper near the fender with all your weight and let the vehicle snap back up. If the vehicle snaps back up and is not dampened causing the vehicle to bounce more than three times, or If you hear the bottoming out noise or a swish noise (gas leak in strut) when you push down, you need the struts replaced. If the vehicle pops back up once and no noise is heard the strut should be good. You may want to check the exhaust and muffler mounts to make sure the mounts are not broken, and the noise is from the exhaust hitting the under carriage. Struts are more difficult and dangerous to replace then shocks, so you want to make sure this is the problem before replacing them.

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