[jetdriver2]

Greetings: Thanks for all of the great information. After 4 visits to 3 different dealers to fix that terrible clunking noise it appears to have been fixed with the following components:
54630-3F000 brkt ass-frt
54641-3F000 pad-fr spring up
54644-3f000 pad- fr spring lw
55343-3f000 rubber-upr
54611-3f400 s/abs assy, frt
54642-3f050 bushing-upper
55337-3f800 collar
54410-3f100 arm assy - fr upr

LONG VERSION BELOW:

The first "dealer" I borught it too wanted to charge me a diagnostic fee out of my own pocket. Do NOT put up wth such nonsense, please. I immediately drove to the dealer from whom I purchased the car. They told me this was a common problem and would look at it no charge. The only problem was they had it for a week and didn't do a thing to is since they didn't hear it when they test drove it. I guess they think I was imagning it! I called the 800 number Kia provides and after getting little satisfaction, they did refer me to another dealer. They had it another week and as soon as I drove it out of the lot there was the sound again. I drove it for a couple of days trying to see if I could live with the noise; no way. I dropped it off again (same dealer) and after another week I just got it back and (crossing my fingers) appears fixed. The interesting thing is they never closed out the paperwork on the first visit (maybe they knew it wasn't fixed).

SHORT VERSION

Please do not give up and accept this as normal. Insist on your rights and let Kia know you will not accept "diagnostic fees" on something that is their fault. I know it is frustrating and I don't even want to think how much of my own money I spent on gas (4 hour round trip minimum.)

Good luck and I will check back occasionally to see if there are questions..
regards,,,,,,,,,,,