My 1997 ford thunderbird makes a very loud sqeaking, screaching, grinding noise when I turn in either direction, get in and out of the car, going over bumps and driving on the road. What could be the problem?

Colin Stickland

• 22516 Answers
• Posted on Jan 28, 2009

SOURCE: 2006 ford fusion

constant velocity joints need replacing

francisco navarro

• 241 Answers
• Posted on Jan 22, 2009

SOURCE: 1997 ford thunderbird 4.6 v8

check your tranny and engine mounts.
they may be bad or going bad and will create that vibration. specially the tranny ones.

SOURCE: Creaking Noise in Front Axel when going over speed bumps/dips in road

My grandfather has a 97 Ford Crown Vic that used to do the same thing. He had the front end greased when he got an oil change and that solved the problem. So thats probably all you need.

SOURCE: Clunking noise coming from front end

check for bad strut

SOURCE: creaking noise in front end 1997 explorer

I had the same problem. It would squeak kinda bad when I pull in my driveway. My cv boots were good. I found the ball joints were getting wore out, as well as the shocks were over 10 yrs old. I replaced the ball joints and shocks. I know my squeaks stopped, I personally believe it was the shocks that fixed my squeaking.