bschnur
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- Bridgeville, DE
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2023 Explorer XLT
Hey Guys,
2010 Explorer 4x4. 46,000 miles. My story is this, about 500 miles or so ago, I started hearing some "roaring type of sound starting and it sounds like it is coming from the left front, but i know how sound can travel and be conceiving.
My tires were pretty worn since they are original, so I tried rotating with no change. Sound is getting louder, to the point it can be heard over the radio.
Thinking it maybe the tires just bought 4 new tires and alignment checked, still the noise and now I can also feel slight vibration.
So here is what I now know with some test drives trying to define the problem.
Going straight down the highway at say 60 mph, I can hear the roar sound coming from the front. If I turn the steering wheel to the left enough to make a lane change the sounds gets louder and I can feel a mechanical change in the steering wheel occur that stays until I straighten the wheel back to center and if i turn the wheel to the right in the same amount the noise goes away and the vibration is also completely gone? I'm thinking this is a front wheel bearing issue, but do these symptoms that i have described point to which one?? or something else maybe?? Thanks
2010 Explorer 4x4. 46,000 miles. My story is this, about 500 miles or so ago, I started hearing some "roaring type of sound starting and it sounds like it is coming from the left front, but i know how sound can travel and be conceiving.
My tires were pretty worn since they are original, so I tried rotating with no change. Sound is getting louder, to the point it can be heard over the radio.
Thinking it maybe the tires just bought 4 new tires and alignment checked, still the noise and now I can also feel slight vibration.
So here is what I now know with some test drives trying to define the problem.
Going straight down the highway at say 60 mph, I can hear the roar sound coming from the front. If I turn the steering wheel to the left enough to make a lane change the sounds gets louder and I can feel a mechanical change in the steering wheel occur that stays until I straighten the wheel back to center and if i turn the wheel to the right in the same amount the noise goes away and the vibration is also completely gone? I'm thinking this is a front wheel bearing issue, but do these symptoms that i have described point to which one?? or something else maybe?? Thanks