Recently had incident when I was getting distinct clunk clunk clunk when making tight turns, like into a parking space. OK under speed and on roads. Oddly this disappeared the next day. My DH found pieces of metal on garage floor and changed the front rotors which were pretty bad. We thought maybe a piece of metal had gotten into the works.

Now brakes are great, but car is clunking again, even when parked and turning the wheel. Any thoughts? Steering feels fine, no noise over bumps. Just when turning.
Thanks

 

what did the metal look like? I'd be concerned until you can identify where it came from. Noises when turning can be different things - strut mounts, wheel bearings, sway bar bushings/end links, axles, tie rods, steering rack or anything related that is stressed when turning.

Clunks are usually caused by loose parts or worn rubber bushings so a thorough professionally done safety inspection would be in order.

 

The metal was from the rotor. Those are all nicely replaced now. The sound is only when turning left tightly, I noticed. Was hoping to narrow it down, that is quite a laundry list of problems. Like to gather intel because don't want to engage in parts swapping and big $$.

 

Thank you for your response.

 

considering the car is a 2012, finding correct parts should be easy but its still odd that a piece of metal from the rotor would come off (after all the rotor is just a chunk of machined steel). It can happen that the brake's backer plates can get bent and rub (either from poorly done serving or hitting something in an odd way) and the edges of rotors will rust and flake off but that's going to produce small debris type stuff.

In terms of chasing down the clunking, I suppose you can pull a wheel off to give a look around but without a lift it will be hard for you to see anything that's not glaringly obvious. To figure out where a clunk is coming from may require some strong arm techniques to see where there is an unusual amount of play when the car is up on a lift while the wheels are turned lock to lock. This is where investing $100 or so in a professional inspection (aka "diagnostic fee") from most shops will be a wise investment.