Q: My car makes a noise when I'm reversing and it's loud I took it to auto zone they said steering fluid is good may be the tires but

asked by on March 11, 2018

My car runs good but when I turn or reverse it makes a loud noise and wheel gets stiff

My car has 74000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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