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Once the cold hit in December, my 2002 300M special started making clunky rattling feelings over the rough snow packed residential roads. It's audible to a lesser extent and hard to tell where it comes from, but also can feel it in the floor of the car through the dead pedal and general driver footwell area. I can induce this in the parking garage by quickly turning back and forth. But that is about the only predictability I have in the cause as some bumps do tiand some don't. Some uneven bumps cause it and others don't. When the car is warm (fresh from heated garage, or warmer days) it s certainly less prevalent or vanishes for all but the bumpiest roads. I did some digging on the LH forums and came up with man options that it could be:
strut bushings
ball joints
Control Arm bushings
Sway bar bushings
Sway bar end links

Is there a rasonable way to reduce that to the culprit. Things to poke, prod or pry to find out what is what?

Thanks in advance.
Greg

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