dkshartline
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- May 9, 2012
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- City, State
- Davison, MI
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2007 Explorer XLT 4x4
About a month ago I was driving on the expressway and I heard a klunk. It sounded like it came from the front drivers side. It actually sounded like my tire blew out. I hurried up and got over to the slow lane in case my tire was going flat and... nothing. All the gauges stayed good, tire pressure was fine. So, getting back up to speed, I noticed that as I got back over 60ish there was a loud hum. It sounded like tire noise/vibration like when you get a flat but it wasn't pulling at all either way.
I needed new tires and back brakes anyway so I got them the next day- All 4 new tires, all new back brakes (front brakes had been done a few months earlier so they are basically new still). When doing the back brakes I noticed that the drivers side rear bearing was shot so I took it in and had that replaced at a repair shop.
The sound is still there. Every once in a while you can feel/hear it at 50-55ish but it is loud and annoying at higher speeds - mostly over 60-65 (the expressway speed here is 70 and most people do between 70-75). We are going on vacation in just under 2 months so I'd like to figure it out as soon as possible. I don't just want to take it in since they'll likely do a bunch of crap that doesn't need to be done right now when we're trying to save our money for the vacation but we are pulling a camper so it needs to be fixed.
Any suggestions on what I should check out first? It doesn't pull to one side at any speed. I also noticed that when I had some items in the back and in the front that at higher speeds the stuff in the front rattled around and the stuff in the back didn't so I'm thinking it really IS in the front end somewhere.
Thanks for your help.
I needed new tires and back brakes anyway so I got them the next day- All 4 new tires, all new back brakes (front brakes had been done a few months earlier so they are basically new still). When doing the back brakes I noticed that the drivers side rear bearing was shot so I took it in and had that replaced at a repair shop.
The sound is still there. Every once in a while you can feel/hear it at 50-55ish but it is loud and annoying at higher speeds - mostly over 60-65 (the expressway speed here is 70 and most people do between 70-75). We are going on vacation in just under 2 months so I'd like to figure it out as soon as possible. I don't just want to take it in since they'll likely do a bunch of crap that doesn't need to be done right now when we're trying to save our money for the vacation but we are pulling a camper so it needs to be fixed.
Any suggestions on what I should check out first? It doesn't pull to one side at any speed. I also noticed that when I had some items in the back and in the front that at higher speeds the stuff in the front rattled around and the stuff in the back didn't so I'm thinking it really IS in the front end somewhere.
Thanks for your help.