I have a 2002 F-150 FX4 Supercab. On occasion, when I go around a moderately tight corner at low speeds...say like in a parkinglot, I get a clunk from underneath the truck somewhere. It's like a metal hitting rubber kind of sound. Has anyone else experienced this ?

 

I've heard that sound on a friend's chevy. He said he thought it could be a bad shock or one of the front springs could be binding. Just a thought.

 

My 98 has done that before. Could possibly be the limited slip/posi
just a thought

 

I have the same truck as you and have the same exact clunking noise.
Is yours coming from the rear, possibly the right side. That's where mine is.
I had the dealer look at it. They, of course, said it was normal for the rear end to clunk a little. They could not tell me that something was wrong.
I also had it in there to have them fix a shift linkage in the gear shifter, I would have to pull up on the shifter to get the key out. Of course that never got fixed either.

HAVE FUN!!!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by GEEMAN
[B]I have the same truck as you and have the same exact clunking noise.
Is yours coming from the rear, possibly the right side. That's where mine is.
I had the dealer look at it. They, of course, said it was normal for the rear end to clunk a little. They could not tell me that something was wrong.
I also had it in there to have them fix a shift linkage in the gear shifter, I would have to pull up on the shifter to get the key out. Of course that never got fixed either. :confused

Hey GEEMAN.......It is coming from the rear somewhere, not sure about the side though....but it does sound like we have the same problem. I'm trying to figure out how clunking in a vehicle is normal since it didn't do it when I drove it off of the lot brand new. Sounds like we'll have to keep our ears open and see if someone else has identified this problem and had it fixed.

 

The problem must be a design and/or part flaw because I have the same problem too. It's a 2002 Supercab 4x4 and the clunk appears to come from the right side rear in the vicinity of the muffler.

I get the clunk if I'm turning left or right, so it seems to be something swinging perhaps. I say that b/c I get the clunk when the truck is at full lean and again when it straightens out. I looked under the truck and from what I can tell, it might be bad hangers for the exhaust – you know, those rubber things holding the pipe and muffler. They have a bit of play at their connection points and with the cold weather, they're pretty hard too. Maybe Ford got a bad part from the supplier?

 

might be simple, make sure your spare tire is tight, if it is loose at all, it will make noises.

 

Good idea, but I thought of that one too. That wasn't the problem in my case. I'd really like to find out what the true answer is b/c that clunk sure is annoying!

 

I finally decided to take it to the dealer here in Muscatine and see if they could tell me. After having it for a day, they called me and said that they heard the noise (or at least thought they did). The took the truck back in and checked everything out underneath and it was all ok. Their official word was that it was "axel float" because the axel has to float and it will make a bit of noise when it moves. I was assured that there was nothing unsafe about it. Not sure if I buy it or not, but that's what I was told.

Mike

 

This could be the solution to your problems

Roadmaster Active Suspension

 

Well, I finally had the time to drop the truck off for service to have the noise examined along with another minor thing and the noise is fixed. My first suspicion turned out to be correct. It was the exhaust hanger, but not actually the rubber piece.

Turns out that the hanger arm mounted to the frame just above the muffler was adjusted too far over into the wheel well. This allowed the exhaust to bang up against the leaf springs. An adjustment was made and voila, no more noise.