You could try testing the hub. lift car and shake tire. if it shakes you need a new hub. My 1998 Taurus has a tortion/sway bar in the back. There is a rod that holds the end of the tortion bar in place. I had a thumping noise and found out that the end of that rod had broken off. The rod was about $10.00 at the local auto part store. It was very easy to replace. Jack up car, remove rear wheel and then the rod has rubber bushings and a nut at each end to hold it on.
Maybe that thumping noise is the sound of another car smashing into the rear of your car.
Could be any number of things, like your exhaust making contact with the body or frame. Best bet would be to actually get underneath and try to find something loose, or take it to a proper mechanic.
The thumping noise you are talking about is caused by the wiper going too far one way or the other and coming up on the seal around the windshield and on the return swing dropping off that seal onto the windshield. First turn the wipers on. Second when they are in the middle of the swing, turn the key off. Third take the driver side wiper off making note of where you pulled off from. And fourth put it back on just one or two splines towards the passenger side of the vehicle. Hopefully this will resolve your issues with the thumping noise. But if it doesn't, try moving it (or the passenger side wiper) in the other direction.
Check with Taurus Customer Service through their website.
why is my '99 ford taurus making a knock noise and smoking from under the radator
The 1996-1998, and much of the 1999 model Taurus & Sables are virtual twins of each other - making the parts highly interchangeable.
A CV joint in one of the front halfshaft axles is going bad.
Possibly a broken shock or bad stabilizer bushings
Low transmission fluid or a bearing is going out.
The best sign for a Taurus is a Virgo because a Taurus are romantic, sensual, and stubborn. Virgo's are intelligent, not very romantic, and patient. Virgo's will help Taurus's with your stubbornness and Taurus's will help Virgo's with being romantic. Taurus's aren't the easiest to love but Virgo's over loom that and see you as the person they love and respect as the girl/boy that loves them back. Virgo's don't fall in love easy but the closer they get to a Taurus the bigger their love grows. The Virgo and Taurus are the best compatible sign for each other and they're both nurturing making them great with kids making them not only are they perfect for each other they are perfect parents.
Only if you want it to work.lol. Yes it does, if not you will leak fluids and put the axle on a bind making it wear faster or break. it could even damage the splines in the tranny
The Taurus / Sable design radically changed in 1996 making the windshields, and probably all window & body parts incompatible.