# Clicking sound when turning

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-sound-when-turning/14214>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 19, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-sound-when-turning/14214 "2008-05-19T20:26:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![summerknightz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@summerknightz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/summerknightz)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-sound-when-turning/14214/1 "2008-05-19T20:26:08Z")

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My friends car clicks when he makes a turn. He doesn’t feel it in the floor, or in the steering wheel. It just makes this clicking sound when he turns. What can I tell him it could be?

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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:** [May 19, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-sound-when-turning/14214/2 "2008-05-19T20:39:29Z")

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Make, model, year, miles? If it’s front wheel drive it could be a CV axle. However if it has wheel covers, pull them off and see if the clicking stops. The plastic wheel covers on my 98 Windstar made a clicking noise noticeable at low speeds.

Ed B.

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-sound-when-turning/14214/3 "2008-05-19T20:42:01Z")

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This usually means bad CV joints. We asssume this is a front wheel drive car.