97 Ford Escort
Replaced the brake pads last year
Replaced front tie rod ends last Oct.
I had a rock in my router a few weeks back and it was making a high pitched squeal. The rock fell out and it has been fine up until now. I'm hearing a noise in the front of my car. It's hard to explain. It happens occassionally while I%26quot;m driving and occassionally when I brake. However its not all the time. It almost sounds like something is loose. I'm taking it in for an oil change and tire roation tonight. I'm just wondering if anyone has any ideas of what it could be so I know what to expect. The maintanence on this car has been minimal as it was in mint condition when I bought so I'm baffled as to what it could be. Anyone any ideas?
Need some advice -- what could be causing a squeak/noise in the front of my car?
check the brakes, the rotors, and the calipers. also have the mechanic see if the plate behind the rotors are touching.
Need some advice -- what could be causing a squeak/noise in the front of my car?
have the wheel bearings and brakes checked out
It's a 97.... sometime cars develop noise with age. Many times its just tight fitting parts beginning to wear and just aren't tight anymore. Let me give ya this though. If you are sure it is from that wheel, we'll start there. Brakes are OK you did those recently. if it happens when you apply your brakes it could be normal brake squeal. all cars do it from time to time. Some more than others. If that same sound continues after you release the brake pedal, then you may have a caliper sticking, causing the pad to remain touching the rotor....thus resulting in break noise. WHEW!! There's one down.
Now if there is something loose up there it has been loose since the brake job, causing your car to do a Harley Davidson impression, and loose a part. Unlikely though not impossible. Jack up the wheel, pull tire, check for movement in loose parts or objects rubbing the rotor.
Next, we have wheel bearings. Once you have exhausted my other advice, have a mechanic repack your bearings. Some tire dealers are able to do this for you at a reasonable cost.
If after all this it still squeaks, then you were NOT sure it was coming from that wheel, for there is nothing else there to make noise. GOOD LUCK!
