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If not already diagnosed get it looked at ASAP. Normaly it may only be one of a few things, Loose wheel - really badly worn tyre - wheel bearing - diff or tailshaft there are a couple of unlikely items but these are the main faults that may cause your complaint.Good luck.
If the noise gets worse making a right turn, then goes away or close on a left turn. It is a wheel bearing. If it an engine mount. Put a jack under it and lift the engine slightly. If the vibration goes away. I suggest you replace all the other mounts.
This sounds as if you have a wheel bearing that is going bad. Something that should be addressed as soon as possible. Your footnote indicates that the sound goes away when you turn right. What is happening is you are transferring the weight of the car to the left side of the car when turning right, thus relieving pressure on the right side wheel bearings. This is what is making the sound dissipate. This of course would have to same result if the bad bearing was on the opposing side and you turned left.
A method to double check this is to park your car on a level surface and chock your front wheels, as you have stated you can here the sound in the rear. Using a jack and jack stands lift the rear of the vehicle high enough so that the rear tires are off the ground. You want to make sure that the car is on a level surface and that the front wheels are chocked from rolling either forward or backward. You want to then put your vehicle in Neutral if it is a rear wheel drive and release the parking brake. If it is a front wheel drive leave the car in Park and release the parking brake.
Once you are sure that your vehicle is secure and stable, find a point on the shock tower or spring connected the wheel you are testing and place one hand on it. With your free hand, spin the wheel. You should feel no vibration if the bearing is good. Do the same test on the other side for comparison. Which ever of the two sides has apparent vibration, that is the side you will find the bad bearing.
Check for a brake, bearing or axle problem on the right wheels. A warped rotor could drag on the brakes and produce vibration. A bad bearing may also drag and vibrate. The easy test is to jack up the right side and spin the wheels by hand with the transmission in neutral.
Another possibility is a differential problem. You may detect that in the right side spin test. If you don''t find anything, try jacking up the rear end of the vehicle and spinning each rear wheel while watching what the other does. If they don't feel or act the same, or if you hear nasty sounds in the rear end, that would be your problem. If you have 4WD or FWD, do this test on the front end.
the clicking and vibration in the front end sounds like a tie rod in need of replacement possibly due to potholes. Could be a bent alloy wheel from the same as well which could be causing all of the above problems
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