# Mercury Sable generates police sirin

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercury-sable-generates-police-sirin/619>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** alternators\
**Created:** [June 16, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercury-sable-generates-police-sirin/619 "2007-06-16T02:16:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![tawnyad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@tawnyad](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tawnyad)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercury-sable-generates-police-sirin/619/1 "2007-06-16T02:16:39Z")

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I have a mercury sable that makes a police car noise. Bummer…at first I thought it was the police…then realized it was my car. It starts out soft then wails. Not good I’m sure. The Mercury Sable 96 is also making a funny noise when it idles (whisle/grumble). I’m having it looked at. Any thoughts??

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**Author:** ![lprocter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/lprocter/32/40_2.png) [@lprocter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lprocter)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercury-sable-generates-police-sirin/619/2 "2007-06-16T02:55:46Z")

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My first thought is your serpentine belt is worn out, and needs replacing. Might be a good idea to do that anyway.  
Second thought is power steering pump and/or pulley, along with any other pulleys on your engine (alternator, tensioner, A/C, etc.) If one or more of these fails and seizes, then you’d get a wailing noise.  
Have you noticed any driveability problems lately?