Clunking Noise When Your Car or Truck Accelerates? A New Engine Mount Could Be the Easy Fix

Do you hear a clunking noise in your car or truck when you accelerate, or shift gears? That noise could be due to worn out engine mount bushings! The easy fix is to replace the engine mounts. In this video, Sue explains how the rubber bushing material in engine mounts dries up, cracks, and breaks over time, leading to noise. The bushings are to dampen movement when the engine is put under load. When the rubber breaks down, the metal parts of the mounts will knock together, making clunking or banging noises!

0:00 Clunking Noise When Your Car or Truck Accelerates? A New Engine Mount Could Be the Easy Fix
0:26 Motor mounts have rubber bushings that crack and dry rot
1:44 Easy tests you can do to check your motor mounts
3:37 Names and locations of different motor mount types

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[tedjohnson]

Brilliant camera and audio capture for the worn motor mount demo! This is a top notch tutorial.

[martymcfly]

i live her videos, she is so good and explains so well

[me]

Thank you! 2:57 am and my son just got to work and text me his car is making a cranking noise when he accelerates. I came to YouTube to find the answer!! 🙏🙏🙏

[icecold]

I love when Sue and Andy have these types of videos uploaded...informative and right to the point. 👍🏼

[BilboBaggins-qk]

She is right . I have learned that when refreshing a car when your going it another service life replace the mounts and bushings it’s makes a good darn difference

[mobilecommunicationsnetwor]

The subframe bushings going bad also produce the same type of clunking I've observed.
This is a critical inspection .Make sure that that subframe does not pull away from the frame. Could allow engine to drop.

[SylverSterling]

I love how she described the problem in detail. This is exactly what is going on with one of my cars. In drive and reverse it vibrates on stop and makes the bop sound on take off. I thought it was exhaust but mechanic said engine mount and i doubted him. Will be replacing it this week so hopefully problem will be solved. Thank you for this video!

[krystle]

Great Video!

I really liked the zooming in on the problem with the circle around it, as it helped to view exactly what you were talking about.

Suggestion--- If you had a bright neon colored skinny pointer (or any type of pointer but what I wrote above is what I think would work best), to point to the exact problem, it would help to see during the regular part of the video, BUT MAN OH MAN WOULD IT POP AND BE SO VERY CLEAR WHEN YOU DO THE ZOOM IN WITH THE CIRCLE AROUND IT TRICK!

[SlackersIndustry]

threw many parts in mine finally found the problem it was inside the steering rack when i hit pot holes or gravel roads would clunk, would turn no problem no noise didnt make the typical sounds only inside and when bumpy roads, only had like15k miles but was in crash. good luck all great video sue

[Edkidsconnelly]

She’s awesome. I’ve trying to figure out a shutter in my town n country for a while but never thought to check the motor mounts. Started in cold weather n now it’s all the time however sporadic. First thing tomorrow morning. Thanks so much

[squirrelcovers]

Just replaced mine after a crooked mechanic tried to tell me I needed a new transmission. I hate LIARS, I laughed in his face.

[commons]

Love this channel! And Holy Cow! Look at all that rust under there.

[mikejerrett]

Nothing worse than a clunky engine mount. Great video.

[DashCamSerbia]

I get clunking noise when I release the throttle, and not every time. Have no idea what it is. Changed the lower mount, the tie rod ends that where bad, the left CV axle (noise when tuening left under throttle, but turned out it is the right one which I did not change), no play in the suspension. Don't know... :I

[shanemcbride]

Wish all mechanics where like this good

[stefcia]

Omg the throwing parts part, I’ve replaced my entire front suspension and subframe and now my mechanic is telling it’s the motor mount

[BOOMER]

Would a bad trans mount cause pulling under acceleration only. ?

[samukahtviv]

Hi!​ Is this my problem? My vehicle doesn’t vibrate, sometimes I don’t even feel it running. But I felt the thumping sensation when I was decelerating from 30mph at a traffic light. when braking it catches the rotors but then there’s a delay felt as if transmission slipping, or lagging brake but it’s similar to when accelerating post coasting/engine braking. Vehicle is clocked at 215k 2007 Avalon

[Carl-if]

I have a few questions. I hope you can help me. I have a 2006 ford five hundred it has the 3.0 engine in it. I I have had some trouble out of the motor it won't take gas when you press down on the gas. The gas pedal will only go up to about 3 on the on the tac omter it won't go any further it runs rough and will not. Change Gears what do you think is wrong with it. If you could help I sure would appreciate it I have worked on it for about a month off and on