PSteele

My 2012 Fusion started making an awful clunking noise a month or so ago, which sounds like it's coming from the front end. I only hear this sound if the temperature outside gets above 70 or so. I drove 500 miles on a trip a few weeks ago and didn't hear the noises once the whole time. It stayed cool outside the whole time though. I don't have issues with it pulling in either direction. It happens when stopping or starting, fast or slow, bumpy road or not. The temperature outside seems to be the primary instigator in causing this noise. A shop looked at it last night and quoted me $700 for lower ball joints but I'm not convinced this is the issue based on different forums I've been reading. I called my dealer today to see about having them check it out, I didn't tell them what the other shop said it was. The service guy said he had never heard of a problem with noises in the front end that happen only in warm weather. Any thoughts. Seems most the info I've found is a few years old so I'm hoping someone has figured this out.