Womp sound from passenger front

[Blue Moon Sonic]

After a nice long road trip to eagle river I noticed a strange sound coming from the front end of the on the passenger side Saturday afternoon when driving around town. At first I thought it might have been my end links since they are making clunking sounds every now and again. My friend thinks it might be somethings in the suspension or a defective tire. The car has 40k miles on it with a brand new set of tires with less than 5k miles on them. The steering wheel doesn't shake and you can sort of feel a slight oscillation in the gas pedal. The car made it back to madison with no issues and I'm taking it to the shop to have it looked at Wednesday morning. The question is what could cause this to happen.

 

[Natesriv]

"womp" a single womp, multiple, fast, slow?? Over bumps, flat sections?

Give us a description of when and how the noise sounds amigo

 

[Blue Moon Sonic]

Just about any paved surface but more noticeable on smooth flat roads. The speed of the womp sound is pretty steady but does increase in speed as the car moves faster. It's more audible when coasting just cause of the exhaust. You can definitely feel it as the car moves.

 

[Natesriv]

quickest way to know, put your spare on the tire that you think is making the noise...does it go away? Might be an out of balance tire (the weight has fallen off and at certain speeds it becomes very noticeable)

 

[Blue Moon Sonic]

I'll test this in a few hours after work and give results. If its the the radial belt on the tire then I get a free replacement. Still going to the shop anyways to get the suspension looked at just in case.

 

[Blue Moon Sonic]

Turns out that it is the driver side front tire that is completely out of wack.