Front wheel bearings wearing out again and again
- Symptoms
- Humming or growling from a front wheel that gets louder with speed; bearings replaced more than once
- Likely cause
- Owners suspect bad fitting (hammering the bearing in) or non-genuine bearings.
- Fix
- Use a genuine bearing and make sure it is pressed in with the right tool, not hammered.
- Applies to
- Some cars
- Confidence
- low
Sources
Related problems on this car
- Reverse gear hard to engage on the first try
- Vibration at idle or with the A/C on
- AGS: engine cuts out and the key is not recognised
- Tapping noise on a cold start
Similar problems on other cars
- Front lower-arm bush / suspension knock · Toyota Corolla (9th gen, E120)
- Wheel hub bearing hum · Toyota Corolla (9th gen, E120)
- Missing and jerking at low speed, worse with A/C · Suzuki Mehran (EFI, Euro II)
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