# Car Noises

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-noises/51079>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** lesabre, buick\
**Created:** [June 29, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-noises/51079 "2010-06-29T21:45:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![snowleapord29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@snowleapord29](https://community.cartalk.com/u/snowleapord29)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-noises/51079/1 "2010-06-29T21:45:31Z")

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I have a 1995 Buick LeSabre and I noticed today that everytime I turn the steering wheel to the left it makes a thump thump thump sound. Could that possibly be my ball joint? If not what could it be?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-noises/51079/2 "2010-06-29T22:00:01Z")

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It is more likely to be a bad CV joint, but it would be a good idea to also have the wheel bearing on the right front wheel checked.

For good measure, have the ball joints looked at, along with tie rod ends.  
On a 15 year old car, almost any component can fail at this point, due to wear.