# Clicking when turning

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-when-turning/35233>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** cherokee, noises, jeep, brakes\
**Created:** [August 18, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-when-turning/35233 "2009-08-18T16:18:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![leathj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@leathj](https://community.cartalk.com/u/leathj)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-when-turning/35233/1 "2009-08-18T16:18:30Z")

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I have a 2000 Jeep Cherokee. Recently it has started making a clicking noise when I turn the wheel hard and either go forward or backwards. Also, and maybe or maybe not relative, when I break very hard there is a rattling. All of this noise and feeling comes from the front driver side wheel. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks,  
  
 Jason

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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:** [August 18, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-when-turning/35233/2 "2009-08-18T16:32:52Z")

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It sure sounds to me like you have a failing CV joint on that front driver’s side wheel. A clicking noise while turning is a classic sign of this problem, and the rattling while braking could be related to this also, although there is also a chance that a bad ball joint could be involved.

While a snapped CV joint will merely strand you, a broken ball joint could cause you to have a nasty accident. I would suggest that you have both the CV joints and the ball joints checked a.s.a.p.