# 1997 Honda Civic DX muted gumbling creaking sound when turning

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-honda-civic-dx-muted-gumbling-creaking-sound-when-turning/78917>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** civic, honda\
**Created:** [April 25, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-honda-civic-dx-muted-gumbling-creaking-sound-when-turning/78917 "2013-04-25T04:54:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![FH1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@FH1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FH1)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-honda-civic-dx-muted-gumbling-creaking-sound-when-turning/78917/1 "2013-04-25T04:54:23Z")

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My 97 Civic DX Coupe has 74,400 miles. In recent months it has started making a grumbling kind of muted creaking sound when I make any hard turn, does so on any 90 degree turn unless I take it slow and gradual. It has never made this sound before so I wondering what is up. Any idea?

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**Author:** ![auto-owner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@auto-owner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/auto-owner)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-honda-civic-dx-muted-gumbling-creaking-sound-when-turning/78917/2 "2013-04-25T05:02:31Z")

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Maybe wheel bearing.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-honda-civic-dx-muted-gumbling-creaking-sound-when-turning/78917/3 "2013-04-25T05:11:58Z")

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This noise can be caused from a dry ball joint, or from a worn upper strut bearing.

Tester