# '98 Mercury Sable noise

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-mercury-sable-noise/3272>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mercury\
**Created:** [August 18, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-mercury-sable-noise/3272 "2007-08-18T15:37:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![FGRoss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@FGRoss](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FGRoss)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-mercury-sable-noise/3272/1 "2007-08-18T15:37:07Z")

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We have a '98 Mercury Sable that makes a low groaning sound whenever the car has been driven a few miles and we are turning right. No service center seems to know what it is.

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**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-mercury-sable-noise/3272/2 "2007-08-19T00:35:02Z")

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Possible worn wheel bearing.

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**Author:** ![MG-McAnick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mg-mcanick/32/188_2.png) [@MG-McAnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MG-McAnick)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-mercury-sable-noise/3272/3 "2007-08-19T02:45:40Z")

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I’d come nearer thinking it’s a bad CV joint. I replaced a very dried out CV shaft on a 2000 Taurus just last week. It roared all the time.

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**Author:** ![nbpt100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9f8e36/32.png) [@nbpt100](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nbpt100)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-mercury-sable-noise/3272/4 "2007-08-23T19:12:08Z")

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Any other symptoms? Is is speed sensitive? Is it worse when accelerating or braking?

If you slightly apply the brakes while turning does it happen?

It could be a bearing, CV axle, a scraping rotor or some other front end component. The more info you can provide the better help you can get.

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**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-mercury-sable-noise/3272/5 "2007-08-23T19:53:36Z")

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Our 98 Windstar started to make a groaning noise at 57k during slow turns or turning out of a driveway. The tie rod ends needed lubing. Although there were no grease fittings, my mechanic was able to get some grease into the tie rod ends. I think he used a needle(?) attachment on the grease gun to get the grease past the seal. They were fine when we sold the van with 98k a few years later.

Ed B.