Q: Clunking noise front left tire on my way home tonight from work. Pulled over couldn't see anything hanging off.

asked by on March 02, 2017

Driving home tonight on the highway and my front left tire starts making clunking noise I stop and pull over look underneath at the tire and notice nothing hanging. I get back on the highway and noise did not start back up

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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