Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone has had or read of anything similar happening. A few weeks ago this noise from what sounds like the right front corner started happening. It's speed and volume increases and decreases in direct relation to the car's speed. It's not affected when its put a different gear or nuetral and it's not affected by applying the brakes. It's an '02 SE auto. Gonna pull the wheel this weekend. My only guess is the bearings. Any thoughts or ideas? Anyone replace their wheel bearings? Easy/difficult? Thanks.

John

 

since you said in neutral. maybe altenator

 

Nah, I said it didn't change in nuetral, but thanks. If it was the alt, it would change with the engine rpm.

 

i have the same humming coming from my front end. I also have an '02. When it humms I can feel a little vibration coming from the front floor board...

Keep us updated please

Mark

 

Will do. I'll have to get the wife to take me for a ride to see if there's a vibration there. Haven't felt anything. How many miles on yours? When did it start?

 

Has anyone else had this problem? Has anyone used the 60K mile powertrain warranty to get it fixed?

 

Has anyone else had this problem diagnosed and fixed? The clowns at the dealer said it must be the tires, so they rotated them. You would think the noise should switch to the rear, but it didn't. Its still there same as it was before I brought it in. They said they can't do anything for me.

 

It's the wheel bearings. Tell the shop where to go and have them fix it.

 

Yeah, I know. I'm probably gonna go to a different dealer. I only have 13K left on my PT warranty, so I want to get it done. They told me they put it on a lift and put a s***hescope to all the bearings and didn't hear any problems. I asked if you could still hear the noise on the lift and he stumbled and said no. Gonna put it on jackstands and see for myself. Sounds like they are just a bunch of a$$holes there.

 

Sounds like the bearings. Be careful, I had my driver side bearing replaced to find out that the passenger side was also bad. The noise from the Driver side masked the noise from the passenger. Be sure its not both sides.

 

Thanks for the replies. Yeah, theres no doubt the noise is coming from the pass side. Can you guys tell me how many miles were on your car when it started happening?