# Answer to 02 Ford Focus 5th gear noise

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/answer-to-02-ford-focus-5th-gear-noise/91570>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [October 28, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/answer-to-02-ford-focus-5th-gear-noise/91570 "2015-10-28T17:19:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/answer-to-02-ford-focus-5th-gear-noise/91570/1 "2015-10-28T17:19:09Z")

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Thanks to everyone who gave me advice. Since this car is a manual, I couldn’t ck the transaxle fluid so I took it to a car shop.The problem was a bad rear wheel bearing. Now the car runs well again.

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**Author:** ![Sloepoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sloepoke](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sloepoke)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/answer-to-02-ford-focus-5th-gear-noise/91570/2 "2015-10-28T20:18:52Z")

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Thanks for coming back & telling us what the problem was & yes a wheel bearing can get louder the faster you go .

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/answer-to-02-ford-focus-5th-gear-noise/91570/3 "2015-10-28T23:56:21Z")

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Thanks for the feedback. It can help a lot of people with a similar (or exact) problem.

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**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:** [October 29, 2015, 7:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/answer-to-02-ford-focus-5th-gear-noise/91570/4 "2015-10-29T07:23:39Z")

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Good for you for getting your car back on the road in good running order. Wheel bearings sounds can sometimes be pretty difficult to diagnose, so your shop did a good job for you.