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A clunk during accelerating, decelerating, or putting an automatic transaxle into drive can be caused by excessive play in the inner joint on FWD vehicles. A clunking noise when putting an automatic transmission into gear or when starting out from a stop usually indicates excessive play in an inner or outer joint. Be warned, though, that the same kind of noise can also be produced by excessive backlash in the differential gears and transmission. Alternately accelerating and decelerating in reverse while driving straight can reveal worn inner plunge joints. A bad joint clunks or shudders
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