Recently came across this noise from the front, thought it was something dangling from the front and hitting the ground underneath. It was not.

Noise comes on intermittently. If I go slow, so is the noise. Same for fast.

It might be wheel bearing? Searching from the other threads. It was $100 at dealer (didnt want to pull the trigger just yet)

Any inputs?

 

Sounds like a wheel bearing but can also be an Axle.. Just take it to any suspension shop. Both are easily/inexpensive fixes.

 

Sounds like bottom end knock to me but it can be something else.
Try replicating the noise at stand still by putting the shifter on D5 or D4(99) hold the brake pedal firmly then step on the accelerator half way a few times. If you hear the noise its more than likely engine related.

 

Are your lug nuts torqued down correctly?

 

Its gone!

The problem? Two of the right front wheel lug nuts were missing...


I probably wouldn't have checked if not for this...

 

a good reason to ck the lugs before and after mountain/back-road fun runs,
on track days you ck them between every session on course! they can loosen that fast when sideways pressure is exerted on the system

also after its been in the shop and someone touched the tires, even if you didn't ask them to, assume they did.
Never trust they used a real torque wrench = tire shops use an alternate tool that I have little faith it sets our wheel lugs to 80 foot pounds

and never OVER-tighten the lugs- that's really bad too! 80, set them at 80
A fave of auto shops is using air guns to install tires, gun puts out approx. 120 foot pounds torque on the lugs, ooops
Because they don't care about warping your rotors or other parts,
on tight `so it wont fall off` is their goal~ a great way to snap/fatigue fracture the stud itself!