Grinding noise from the rear end of a 2005Mercury Mountaineer

Asked by Kayla143143 Mar 05, 2016 at 05:36 PM about the 2005 Mercury Mountaineer Convenience AWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 2005 Mercury Mountaineer. That is
making a grinding noise from the rear. I took
the rear end oil add plug out because I was
told it was the rear end needing oil. But
when I removed the add plug, fluid came
out. How cab it need fluid if it's coming out
if the add plug?

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taver91 answered 8 years ago

Bad wheel bearings. Same thing happened to me on my 06 and, as I understand it, a pretty common thing in our cars of that time period.

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