My car makes a clunk sound when I turn left, what is it?

Question:
I drive a NIssan Quest, 1996. The clunk is under my feet, I can feel it. Could it be the alignment?

Answers:

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Your clunking sound is a CV joint. When the begin to fail the start making rattling/clicking sounds when you turn the vehicle. A clunking sound means the CV joint is broken and should be towed to the shop for repairs. Driving it with a broken CV joint can cause you to lose control of your vehicle and possibly have an accident.
Brand new CV joints for your vehicle retail for about $375.00 each (1 right, 1 left). You can buy them for far less but these will be remanufactured units which will not last nearly as long. I don't know how many miles you have on your vehicle but if you buy new you can expect about the same number of miles. If you buy remanufactured plane on having them replaced every 30,000 - 40,000 miles. The primary difference between new and remanufactured are the balls inside each joint. The balls in a remanufactured joint are resurfaced to make them smooth again and then rechromed to bring them back to size. ...but the balls in a new joint are made from virgin metal without rechroming. The early failure of the remanufactured joint is from the chrome flaking off as the mileage increases.
Your shop will refer to it as a half shaft assembly or an axle assembly which is exactly what it is. An inner and outer CV joint with a shaft connecting them. Here is a picture of it: http://img.eautopartscatalog.com/live/k4...

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It's your cv joint.You have to get this fixed immediately.If it breaks you can loose steering capability and it doesn't take long from the clicking sound until it breaks.I stress that you do not wait!You may even want to tow it unless you can drive it slowly to a repair center.But I would not want to drive it any faster than 35 mph.

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Don't know... but for now, STOP TURNING LEFT!

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Probably a constant velocity "CV" joint..
Have it checked out ...

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