Hey guys, something just popped up the other day and was wondering if anyone had any experience with it. While moving I have a humming/buzzing noise coming from the front. It is not tied to the revs of the engine so I am thinking it is something tied to the wheels. Basically it sounds like something is rubbing in a way it shouldn't. I havent had a chance to get under the car yet to take a look, but it sounds like a bearing.

Like I said, its tied totally to how fast I am moving not the revs in the engine.

Anybody have ideas or experience this?

 

I finally found the vid I was looking for... this is what it sounds like...I kid you not. The faster I am going, the louder it gets.

Bullroarer by www.magicwhitefella.com - YouTube

 

Ive got the same thing in mine.. I noticed it happened after the dealership replaced my fuse box.
anyone else?

 

Maybe the plastic scoop that hangs down from the rad is loose?
Fender liner loose ,sheared off plastic push in things that hold it.(had a few of these shear off)
The fender liner actually holds the rear bumper in place.

 

Nah... it's a more mechanical sound. Definitely not something vibrating.

 

Then I'm going with the wheel bearing!

 

Any news on this cause Im having the same issue. Sounds metallic to me. like a rusty bed spring intermittent noise that increases with rate of speed. under acceleration it dissapears??!?!

 

any fix for this? experiencing the same thing... bump?

 

no, i had to fix the flex pipe first. im thinking its a bearing

 

Hmm.. Does it do it if you were rolling down the highway in neutral? Doesent matter if clutch is engaged disengaged? Only depends on speed ? Above 40mph?

 

I have an auto, so I don't normally roll down the highway in neutral. lol. Yea, it is solely dependent above speed and is only noticeable above 40.

 

Oh I see.. Hmm if u figure it out let me kno!

 

Noticeable above 40? If u swerve side to side does it get louder and go away in the other direction? Likely a wheel bearing

 

yes noticable above 40... doesent stop making the noise when i turn. the other day i was doing about 60 mph and took a sharp left kinda hard and it went away for a 3 sec and came back immediately

 

You find out what it is yet?

 

Anybody ever heard a bad Wheel bearing but the wheel don't have any play in it when you jack the car up?

 

I have

 

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you guys have a support bearing on you pass side axle right? thinking this could be one of the issues on the SS's that wouldn't be affected when turning

 

Hmm .. And yes there's a support bracket with a bearing on the input shaft

 

Did anyone come up with a solution for this? Mine started after I came down a 20 mile (or so) road down a mountain.. Kinda seems to be affecting power/mpg too.. Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

anybody?

 

bump

 

I have the same thing in my cobalt and I discovered it does get louder when I turn the the right but not the left and it does continue wheather clutch is in or out like said it has nothing to do with engine speed its a constant at speed 40 + any thoughts at all?

 

Definitely a wheel bearing. Mine never have play in them. When they go bad they make the weirdest sound. Been a conalt owner since they came out.