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Old Jan 29, 2014 | 03:56 PM
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Mine turned out to be sway bar bushings/links...fixed for $344 by my independent guy.
Old Jan 29, 2014 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by bltkmt
Mine turned out to be sway bar bushings/links...fixed for $344 by my independent guy.
If that's all that was done, you got soaked!
Old Jan 29, 2014 | 05:28 PM
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Did you replace the sway bar bushings that you noted were looking not that good quite a while back? When they go, they get noisy on little bumps.
Well i am the king of procrastination, i let my 5 yr 100K factory warranty expire before getting anything done, I will now have to fix whatever it is myself,
Mine is an 07 has 96K miles now
Old Jan 29, 2014 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by donbrew
If that's all that was done, you got soaked!
Hey, thanks for your thoughts! Very helpful!
Old Jan 29, 2014 | 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bltkmt
Hey, thanks for your thoughts! Very helpful!
Didn't see a request for help, so that was not my intent.

The plethora of help on the subjects of sway bar links and sway bar bushings is overwhelming on this forum.

Links cost less than $50 a pair, require 2 nuts to be removed and replaced per side. And removing the front wheels.

Bushings cost ~$20, budget 1 hour labor. 2 hours if you do it yourself laying under the car.

NO alignment is required or needed after either replacement. The only time an alignment is ever called for on an HHR is if the toe has been affected by something.
Old Jan 29, 2014 | 08:50 PM
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Hey SoCal HHR-SS,

Glad to hear you were able to get your clunking taken care of! Let us know if anything changes!

Sincerely,

Jonathan A.
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Old Apr 9, 2014 | 07:44 PM
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I am having the same problem driving home from work today and it started clunking I replaced the struts and sway bar links and there was no clunk for awhile then all of a sudden it started clunking today my car is a 2006 hhr with 97k on it any advice would be great!!
Old Apr 9, 2014 | 09:29 PM
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All likely causes are discussed in this thread already. Did you read it all? - yup, it's a long one for sure.

Write a list down of all the possible causes and then start to diagnose it, one item at a time.
Old Apr 9, 2014 | 09:35 PM
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I have just bought a 2006, for my wife. It's really nice leather, sunroof 170k miles and the dreaded clunk. I looked here to see if I could find a fix. The dealer said he changed the struts. We live in the country so lots of bumps. I will be checking on the different fixes here. Not sure if there is one after reading all this. The dealer said that every hhr had this problem. I mihht just tell my wife to turn up the radio.
Old Apr 9, 2014 | 09:59 PM
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Hey there lizyness08,

I'm sorry to hear that you have been experiencing a clunking noise with your vehicle. I will be glad to look further into this for you. Please send a private message referencing this thread if any further assistance is needed. Thank you.

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