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Strange noises when turning left and rapidly stopping

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I've had a noise when coming rapidly to a stop for a while. It kinda sounds creaky, it's a few quick jolts of sound as I'm coming to a complete stop.

Just recently I started experiencing a new noise when turning left at certain speeds, usually over 25mph. I have to be turning at a certain angle. I can't always reproduce it. It doesn't do it on right turns. This noise kind of sounds like a squeak or squeal and happens during the turn, and it sort of seems like it correlates with rotation of the wheels.

When sitting still with the engine on, if I turn the wheel to the left and right, I can make the first noise happen a little while turning left.

I'm not sure if the noise is from two different sources, or the more recent noise is because the initial noise got worse. Both noises seem to be coming from the front.

My suspects are the front strut bearings, or maybe a ball joint or bushing.

Has anyone else ever experienced this kind of noise? I'm at roughly 65k.
 



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