is it okay to drive for couple days when the front wheel bearings are clearly going? reason for this is because my local dealers are jammed up in appointments, but i use the car daily. The fronts are now making a whoo-shoo whoo-shoo sound, sometimes louder, sometimes less, but it's always there. And what should I tell my dealer for them to cover this under the powertrain warranty? are they supposed to be covered? thanx for any input.

 

I've been driving with it for few months now, its not that bad for me, but I think its getting there. I got 101k miles on mine..

 

if you drive too long, you will destroy the hub. i had one go out on me when i had no choice but to drive back. i think i put about 200 miles on it before i was able to take it in. the hub was fine in my case but i definetely would not suggest waiting.

 

when i first bought my car i had that whoowhoo noise...i figured it was normal until now that i read a few threads...im getting it fixed by next week b ut ive been driving on em since july 04..i hear it getting worse but im alive...knock on wood

 

are there bearings in the rear?

 

Yes, there are.

 

The bearing are not covered by the powertrain warranty, only the 3y/36k. I drove on the first one that went for over a month until it started to make real bad noises. I had to replace the hub also.

 

been driving around for many months with a bad bearing, it sounds real bad, but i'm not worried about any safety issues. shop quoted $200 to replace but i didn't include this hub piece. I'm in no rush since i cant afford it now anyways

 

ive heard lots of people had problems with bearings. is this just a maintenece thing or they are not suposed to go bad. and is this just on the 5th gen or 00 or what? what are the signs?

 

Like someone said if you keep driving with the bad bearings the hubs will go too pretty soon. How do I know, I drove a couple of weeks with the bearings being shot and it end-up costing me 2 hub + 2 bearings total cost 800$ Cdn, so dont wait and have the bearing replace asap, or pay the price like me.