# 2002 Mercury Mountaineer - loud clicking noise from Driver Side tire **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 16, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-mercury-mountaineer-loud-clicking-noise-from-driver-side-tire/88392 "2014-12-16T23:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RKH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@RKH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RKH)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-mercury-mountaineer-loud-clicking-noise-from-driver-side-tire/88392/1 "2014-12-16T23:11:37Z")
2002 Mountaineer, suddenly started making a loud clicking noise driver side front. Seldom in reverse. Struts and axle look good, nothing hanging down. ---
**Author:** ![insightful](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/insightful/32/2732_2.png) [@insightful](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insightful)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-mercury-mountaineer-loud-clicking-noise-from-driver-side-tire/88392/2 "2014-12-17T02:12:17Z")
Sounds like you need a new axle. You can’t tell by looking at it. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-mercury-mountaineer-loud-clicking-noise-from-driver-side-tire/88392/3 "2014-12-17T02:30:05Z")
Clicking is usually the CV joints and indicates a new axle. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 7:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-mercury-mountaineer-loud-clicking-noise-from-driver-side-tire/88392/4 "2014-12-17T07:01:29Z")
If the clicking sound is worse on low speed turns from a stop (try both directions), that would confirm a CV joint problem. The axel may look ok, but that doesn’t mean the CV joints are ok.