Loud thump near front left wheel when turning left

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BankrateYou should not ignore certain thumping, banging, clicking and squealing sounds. These sounds often rear their heads or intensify whenever the driver takes ... Hissing or sizzling under the hood: Heard when the engine is first shut off, .... my rear right wheel makes a loud bang when switching from park to drive/reverse.

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Sounds coming from drivers side front wheel The Garage. ... slightly left, I get a slight metalish-squealing sound coming from the drivers side front wheel area. ... but before I start the wild and expensive goose chase of bringing it to mechanics I ..... Those twoloud clunks when turning hard right give it away.

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Front CV joints, especially if the thumping is worse when turning to the left or right.

Remove the front wheel and check the wheel bearing, sometimes you may have to may have to put a bar under the wheel and try to lift it up hard, this will give you an indication on where any movement is. THERE IS A PROBLEM and you need to find it

this area is where the wheel bearing resides. Get both sides checked since they have the same amount of mileage.

For 2000 Mercury Sable 3.0L EFI DOHC 6cyl the Flasher is located on front seating area, driver side, under dash, mounted in junction block.



Passenger compartment fuse panel
The fuse panel is located below and to the left of the steering wheel by the brake pedal. Remove the panel cover to access the fuses. To remove a fuse use the fuse puller tool provided on the fuse panel cover. I suggtes check the next positions...






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Sounds like a bad wheel bearing. Not too hard to replace just greasy. The bearing probably has a flat spot on it caused by lack of grease. If you don't replace it, it could ruin the wheel shaft. Sometime when you put a car on a lift and turn the steering wheel it won't make a sound because the weight of the car is not on the wheels.

sound's like a bad brake rotor, or cv shaft

you need to have the cv shafts checked for wear.

Wheel bearing going on the left side front

try to replace the wheel bearings.