Posted on Mar 11, 2009

Grinding on a 1997 Lincoln Continental

I have a 1997 Lincoln Continental and I can hear a grinding noise when turning to the right when going down the road (I drive a curvy state highway to work where you don't have to slow down for the curves). It doesn't seem to happen if I'm making a right hand turn at slow speeds. I can also feel the grinding in the gas pedal and steering wheel.

I just had the transmission fixed and the front end re-done. Any ideas on what might be the problem? (Oh, and I've got 204,500 miles on the car)

Also, since having my transmission fixed my gas mileage dropped over a mile per gallon. Is that normal or a sign of another problem?

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