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When I'm driving down a bumpy road, i hear this rattle sound comming from the left side of my car. The bumper is not making the noise, because I eliminated everything. Just the other day I was looking at my wheel, and I was leaning over. I happen to fall hard, so I put my hand out. I hit the tire pretty hard... and there it was. The noise come when i hit the top part of my tire from the side. I am not sure what the noise is, but it really annoying when driving when the windows are down.

Best bet for accurate diagnosis would be to jack left side of car with wheels turned right, wiggle wheel and listen, then advise us of your observations.

Did you do the coil spring shield recall? I did mine and a few weeks later I developed a terrible rattle from the front of the car. It turned out to be the coil spring shields Ford installed that were not seated properly.

Mine does that too, but I know mine is a worn out control arm bushing. I am waiting until Terry Haines announces his improved control arms for the 95/97 cars before I fix it.

I am in the process of having my wheel bearing (hub bearing) fixed. It doesn't sound to be the same problem you are having but when I drive down the road all you hear is a whum whum whum coming from the tire. Very annoying

Grab the top of the tire and pull it hard back and forth while someone is watching/feeling for play somewhere underneath.