I recently brought my 09 G5 base model to a well known garage in my city to get a clunking checked out in the front. He told me that everything is good and tight but he said their is a bit of play in the strut mount. So, my question is can worn strut mounts make a clunking noise in the front end going over bumps in the road??
(77,000 K.M.)

 

yes, so can sway bar end links

 

And cabs and swaybar bushings

 

the garage said everything is good except the right front strut mount. I was HOPING it was something like sway bar bushing or link. $312.00 plus tax for the part,hour and a half labor and wheel alignment.

 

U got jacked

 

I never got the work done I just got them to look it over...

 

If I were u, I would order new strut mounts from CED, and install them yourself.

It's not hard.

 

I might...Can somebody post a how-to for doing strut mounts?

 

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/how-...springs-50477/

^See the thread above. I modified the thread with some notes I made when installing springs on my car. There are instructions on how to remove your front strut assembly that will be very helpful.

 

This.

 

I was just at my friends garage and he said it is a sway bar link thats gone....i could move it around while it was still on the car and the other side got no play....so i bought 2 new endlinks and hopefully the new links gets rid of that clunk.

 

Nice.

Very simple fix/install.