Car makes strange noise when turning and occassionally when pressing brake?

[gar598]

It sounds like an axle is turning or something, kinda loud, rough noise. This usually occurs when I make sharp turns, but lately it occurs when I press down on the brake - this isn't consistent, however. Any ideas? I'm sure this is vague.

 

[Sphexi]

Possibly a CV joint binding up, gonna want to have it looked at before it gets really bad.

 

[mwtgg]

I had the same thing happen to me, except for the noise while braking. It was a snapped front stabilizer bar.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

I had similar symptoms and had it fixed just last week, it was the CV joint.

 

[jagec]

CV joint is most likely. Not too cheap or easy to replace, *but* for the record I managed to go over 40,000 miles on a bad CV joint in my old Celica, and it was still working fine when I sold it (I do not endorse this, always make sure your car is in perfect mechanical shape, etc).

 

[gar598]

Oh, fyi this is a '97 rwd volvo with 97k miles or so on it - the turning issue has been on and off for three years or so. The brake issue is something new.

 

[holden j caufield]

Does it only make a noise when turning only 1 direction? Probably the CV axle

 

[gar598]

I believe it's both directions.