Clunking or pop when steering and when breaking hard

[miguel echevarria]

I have a 2010 Mazda 3. I hear a clunk and sometimes a pop what seems to be coming from the from left wheel whale. the clunking noise is produced when I steer left and right rapidly when the vehicle is stationary. the popping noise sometimes happens when I break hard, mostly and the loudest when I’m turning right into my driveway and the weight shifts to the left side of the car. I can’t seem to figure out the problem for myself but I want to try fix the problem myself before forking out the big bucks to a mechanic unless Its something real serious. any help would be much appreciated.

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[Richard Kirshy]

First check and inspect front end components struts/shocks, ball joints, sway bar, tie rod ends, wheel bearings

[miguel echevarria]

Will do. I changed a inner and outter tie rod that was bad before posting on this thread but it did nothing to help the problem. Since yesterday the problem seems to have gotten worst, making the same noise happens when the left front wheel go over the slight bumps, breaking, and turning, but it all But It seems to happen most at low speeds.

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