Bradsxx7

92 eg hatch

thumping noise when u clutch & let off the gas to slow down. especially a when stopping. not super loud but some times it gets louder.

any ideas. thanks brad

rick_rabies

something is broke and swinging in the wind under the car? check everything under the car jack it up/.

The_Honda_Guy

If I were you I'd be checking to see if the lug nuts on your wheels are tight. Last two people that I talked to that had this problem about lost a wheel. Both of them had the lug nuts on finger tight and had the same symptoms.

Bradsxx7

tightend the lug nuts only went about a 1/4 turn each. will c if it helped.

ekallday13

hey bro i had the same problem. where are you hearing it from? can you feel it? if so where do you feel it

98civdx

torqe all of them to proper specs...
tighting will only be a quick fix they can still come loose again.

Bradsxx7

cant feel it. sounds like its coming from the front. never torque wheels before no torque wrench. you hear it at the last 5-10 feet before u stop.

not sure if its related but i do no my rotors are warped and im changing those tues. the wheel shakes a little during hard braking. but cant hear the noise.

YeahRightMCD

yo tonight i was whippin down the highway, i had the same problem, my dust cover and wheel well where off a lil bit and rubbin on my tires at decent speeds, check them ***** out

Bradsxx7

will check that too thanks

FJRguy06

You might want to check your front suspension parts (lower control arms, upper control arms, ball joints, etc). I had a 'banging' noise and found LCA bushings were completely shot.

waaBAAH

it is not a suspension issue... it wouldnt be consistent like what the OP describes.

sounds like a brake issue personally. i think OP is just confused on the thumping noise.

try slowing to a stop without your brakes (a "slight" ebrake tug comes to mind) and see if the noise goes away.

try slwoing up in gear if manual to see if the noise is present still.

loose lugnuts do making the weirdest sounds at the weirdest times. not a single car that i have worked on that had have loose lugnuts have sounded the same.

hoangy

it might be the brake pads too.... I had that problem on my R18.

Bradsxx7

still havent had time to look for it or change the rotors but the noise went away. will change rotors monday.

waaBAAH

did you try stopping with your parking brake?

tbrussell08

Its either gonna be your warped rotors, or the ball joint, or most likely a bad bushing.

Bradsxx7

just fixed this last week. it was a bad lca bushing. thanks for the help.

larrydomer

Wife just had tire work done to solve slow leak problem at Honda dealer a week earlier. Initially no noise. Thumpin noise started week later. Came home from a business trip. I drove the car, heard the thumping noise.
Read this thread, went back out to the car, found 2 lug nuts loose on left front wheel. One was barely finger tight.

Mechanic must have been under time pressure and forgot to tighten all the lug nuts.

Thanks for the post. Looks like lug nuts are the first place to look when have a thumping noise.

I will keep everyone posted if the noise comes back.

Thanks, LTD