Q: There is a knocking sound coming from the back wheel

asked by on November 07, 2016

I was playing by n the mud I hit a dip to hard on Accident I got on the freeway to drive home I heard this loud knocking sound it gets louder with speed.

My car has 208000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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