# Ford ZX2 Left Turn Noise

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-zx2-left-turn-noise/27564>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [March 10, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-zx2-left-turn-noise/27564 "2009-03-10T17:55:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![melb331](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@melb331](https://community.cartalk.com/u/melb331)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-zx2-left-turn-noise/27564/1 "2009-03-10T17:55:01Z")

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Every time I turn left-no matter how sharp the turn is-there is this loud noise that I can only describe as a “womp womp womp” noise. It sounds like the noise a metal pizza pan makes before it lands on the ground, when it’s rotating on an angle. And I was just wondering if anyone had an idea to what it might be or how to better explain it so the mechanics don’t look at me like I’m insane.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-zx2-left-turn-noise/27564/2 "2009-03-10T19:04:08Z")

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The first thing to try is moving the front tires to the rear to see if the noise goes away. If it does, one of tires probably has a belt seperation within the tire. If the noise doesn’t go away, then the problem might be with one of the front wheel bearings.

Tester

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**Author:** ![melb331](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@melb331](https://community.cartalk.com/u/melb331)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-zx2-left-turn-noise/27564/3 "2009-03-10T20:37:53Z")

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I just had 4 new tires put on. I had a belt seperation and it was making my steering wheel move side to side. They just looked at the wheels to see what was making the steering wheel move.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-zx2-left-turn-noise/27564/4 "2009-03-10T21:41:05Z")

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You can get a bad brand new tire.

Tester

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-zx2-left-turn-noise/27564/5 "2009-03-10T21:51:24Z")

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It is worth investigating the new tires. It is also worth investigating the wheel bearings as well as all other front end components (start with the lug nuts). Perhaps you have a problem in the front end that was thought to be belt separation (thus the new tires) but really wasn’t.