Thread: Car makes noise when turning right

Yesterday my car started to make grinding noise like its touching some metal when I turn.

It's worse when I have more speed with the turn, when there's weight dropped to the left side I guess.

So if I'm turning slowly there's no sound.

I tried to look around but I didn't notice anything wrong.

Any hints?

You might need some new brakes, or maybe the dust shield is rubbing on the rotor.

Or a wheel bearing went, hard to say without taking the tires off.

Jack it up and pop a tire off and see what's going on with it.

I'm on it right now. I took both front wheels out. Nothing looks suspicious.


To be honest I don't think it has to do with the wheel.
It sounds like a fan motor touching metal. And it's not the fans.
It happens when I accelerate and turning right on speed when the engine weight drops to the left back.

I hope it has nothing to do with tras plats going bad.

Here's a video
It feels around the gas pedal and when I hit the gas and turn it makes the noise.
http://youtu.be/kJMO9aXFO3U

With the wheel on shake it and see if it has any wiggle to it

I took the wheel out again.
Could it be the metal shield causing this?


I'm really desperate.
I don't have a budget for car fixes right now.

Maybe a dust sheild rubbing, put the rotor back on and spin it by hand and see if it's touching.

I'd check the rear brakes out aswell, could be from there.

I can hear it from the left from when turning and on load.
I'd try move it but it's the front and it won't move.

Have you jacked the front up, (put the parking brake on) and put it in drive and steered yet?

Under the car, remove the starter inspection plate and see if you can move the starter gear back and forth with your finger. I had one go bad on a 99 L36, and when you turn in one direction, inertia flings the starter gear against the flexplate. It bounces back and forth and makes helluva racket that draws lots of attention! That would be the return spring getting lazy on the starter drive, so replacing the whole thing is the fix. Do it before the starter ring on the flexplate gets all chipped up, if you find thats the problem.

Originally Posted by idrivejunk

Under the car, remove the starter inspection plate and see if you can move the starter gear back and forth with your finger. I had one go bad on a 99 L36, and when you turn in one direction, inertia flings the starter gear against the flexplate. It bounces back and forth and makes helluva racket that draws lots of attention! That would be the return spring getting lazy on the starter drive, so replacing the whole thing is the fix. Do it before the starter ring on the flexplate gets all chipped up, if you find thats the problem.

I have the feeling it's something like this.

Cause I took the wheel and caliper twice out. There's nothing there.

And the sound stays the same even if I'm on 60 and turn to a right lane.
And feels under my feet

That means the speed of whatever is rubbing there is not from the wheel.
It's only increasing with rpm and load on the left side.

So what to look for in simple words?

"Under the car, remove the starter inspection plate and see if you can move the starter gear back and forth with your finger." <<< Do that. Two probably 10mm bolts hold a plastic plate onto the engine next to the starter take that off. If you can move the starter gear back and forth with a finger, the starter is "bad" even though it probably works fine. I borrowed this pic from a google search. See the gear? If you can move that back and forth freely theres your trouble.

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So I need a new starter if it moves.?

Yes. If you remove the starter and can tip it side to sode and the gear slides back and forth, you need a starter. It is only supposed to move when the starter tells it. When its making the noise, the starter isn't turning but the gear is bouncing around.

Thank you all for helping. I'll try that tomorrow. I'll let u know what's going on.

Hope you find it. Not knowing what it is, is worse than having to fix it.

Yes I know. Thank u.

I second the starter. I had this noise for about 4 years. Checked wheels, suspension, brakes, dust shields, replaced power steering pump and even got so far as to do the rack (ended up needing a rack anyway, different story). One day leaving work, starter was bad and I got towed home. Replaced starter, no sound.