Brandon21

For the past month or so I've been hearing this weird chirp/rattling noise coming from the front drivers wheel - you can only hear it from outside the vehicle or with the drivers window down. You can tell that noise makes rotations with the wheel if that makes sense... I have no clue what is causing the noise. It sounds like maybe there is some gravel or something stuck in the wheel but since the noise has started I have washed my car atleast 3x a week, focusing the power washer into the wheel area to try and clear any debris that could be causing the noise and I have also changed my wheels from my winter wheels to my summer wheels...

I tried searching this topic but found no reasults, sorry If I missed any previous threads. Any thoughts?

Vigor66

I'm assuming that when you changed your winter wheels to your summer wheels you changed tires as well. If this is true you can rule out a rock in the tire which commonly causes this sound.

If you have the means jack up the car, take of the wheel/tire and further inspect your wheel hub and the surrounding areas such as brake calipers etc. Also check the wheel well for anything strange.

albdeth

same exact problem here,tire is clean, no stone. squeeking at same spot of tire. noticed the problem right after rotating tires. any thoughts.

albdeth

Brandon. Check to see if there is a kind of sticker between your tire and rim. Is the noise more prominent after applying tire black? I don't hear the noise when its tires are dry.