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Popping noise when turning left or right

7.8K views 12 replies 9 participants last post by  dcpatters  
#1 ·
I just bought a 2019 challenger R/T scat pack 1320. It only has 16,000 miles on it. I have owned for a little over a month now. I spent a whole weekend detailing and cleaning it. I jacked it up and pulled all four wheels off and cleaned them front and back. After that I have taken the car out twice and both times I’m hearing a popping noise when turning the wheels and parking or pulling out. It didn’t do this until I jacked it up and took the wheels off. I was wandering if it had something to do with the shocks where I had it jacked up. Has anyone ran into this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tia
 
#2 ·
Capture the sounds with your phone’s video camera and upload that somewhere that allows sharing it out for others to view (YouTube, TikTok, etc). Then paste a link to the vid clip in here so we can hear/see it for ourselves
 
#12 ·
What!? No one stated the obvious... a bad ball joint. If you live in a place with bad roads or a lot of potholes, this could be the likely culprit. I had a Chevy S10 that started popping while turning and had both front lower ball joints were bad. Whether it's the upper or lower, you'll have to do the test for it. It's pretty simple...google it.
I haven't looked at my Challenger, but I believe with many cars/trucks the upper ballpoints are riveted in and the lower ones are bolted. If you are a DIYer, you can use a sledgehammer to get them out. Typical cost to get them pressed in/out at a garage is a about $15 per ball joint.