Car – 2000 Grand Prix GT
Mileage – 165,526mi
So the other day my dad was standing near my driver’s side front wheel and I went to back up. I put the car in reverse and then turned to say something to him. He then looked at me and says "Does it always make a clicking noise?" I simply replied "yes" as it had been doing it for some time now so I didn't even realize it anymore. He then said I should get out and check it out. So I get next to it and he puts the car into drive and switches back to reverse after a few seconds and keeps doing it while I do my best to track the source of the click. Every time it gets shifted to reverse from park and then to drive and back and forth there is a relatively loud click. I could hear it inside the car but just assumed it was tranny related. I checked the passenger side but it didn't make a loud click like the driver’s side. Now another thing that I have noticed is that going 68mph down the highway after about 40mins or so the car likes to develop a shudder. Then under acceleration it will get worse and when I let off and coast it’ll be normal again. Then it will come back. I know it is not a tire/ wheel issue as I’ve had 2 different sets do it and when I rotated them it still persisted. Also when accelerating on a ramp that curves to the right there will be a vibration.
I have done some poking around and it seems that the majority of people point to either tie rod or CV joint. I’m leaning towards CV joint but realize that I am no master mechanic so it could very well be something else. Any help is appreciated!
