I haven't picked up my car yet but the Dodge dealer who accepted the challenge called me up and was all excited and declared the car fixed. Apparently, with the very warm weather today (70 degrees here in NC) the car did it consistently. 3 technicians (one in the car turning the wheel) worked it until they found a torn inner tie rod bushing. It was also not properly torqued. He says case is closed.
My question is that in replacing the 2 front struts would the Chrysler dealer have touched that bushing? How about when changing the steering rack? How about when changing the bottom half of the steering column?
I am asking those as separate questions to determine at what point, if at all, the Chyrsler dealer messed up.
Thanks for everyone's help on my clunk. By the way, there were surely multiple clunks involved.