I have a noise in the front end of my 2005 Durango. It comes and goes for long periods. Might pop or crack all day and the next day it's gone for a week. I can feel it in the steering and passengers can hear it too. Sounds heavy like a frame or steering part. Can't ever get the shop to hear it because it will go away. Any help? thanks, Don

 

Welcome to the site. I will move this thread to the second generation Durango section. THe sway bar bushings may need replaced or tighten up your control arms,
FF

 

Our 2005 has done the same thing since almost new. Dealer has thrown parts at it, but nothing has fixed it. Other garages couldn't determine the cause either. I suspected it might be one of the shocks and yesterday the noise got worse and now the truck is acting like a shock is blown.

I've heard about the swaybar bushings in the past, but we haven't replaced them yet.

I'll let you know what I find with the shock.

 

Thanks, let me know what you find. Don

 

Thank you for the info. please let me know if you find anything. Don

 

Replaced the front shocks this weekend (finally) and the sound went away. The old shocks had 54k miles on them and still seemed to have good rebound. Didn't find anything loose on the mounts either. Anyway, it seems fixed.

 

Check your front swaybar bushings... Not the end links but the actual bushings that mount the swaybar to the frame.. They tend to go and without them the truck starts to suffer cornering.. I'm looking for a poly bushing alternative over stock rubber.

Cheers,
Chris

 

www.P-S-T.com has polygraphite bushings,
FF

 

Here's the things I changed to get the front end sounds to stop. Shocks, lower ball joints ( probably not your problem if sound isn't consistent ), sway bar bushing,sway bar link bushings, and the driver side sway bar link itself ( the ball joint on the link was loose ). Also make sure that your control arms are not hitting the bump stops, you can see the mark it makes on the control arm if it is, if so you will need to have the torsion bars cranked up a bit.

Good Luck

 

The sound is worse than ever now. I think next is the sway bar links and bushings. I did install new sway bar bushings (where it mounts to the frame). Anyone have any updates on their noises/fixes?