1997 Malibu Roaring Noise from front

#11

I HAVE AN 04 MALIBU AND IT MAKES A SOUND TOO. MY HUSBAND TOOK IT TO THE
MECHANIC AND IT WAS THE BRAKE CARLIBER LOOSE BUT CHEVROLET HAS BAD BRAKES
ANYWAY. MY BRAKE PAD ARE NEW AND STILL SQUEAK AND MAKE A ROARING AND A
HORRIBLE GRINDING SOUND.
"Cy Welch" <cywelch (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Melissa wrote:
We've got our '97 Malibu going to see our mechanic next Monday. He said
it
is most likely a wheel bearing given the age and miles of the car. We're
lucky to have a great mechanic that we've been using for almost 20 years.
He'll find the problem and also give a basic going over looking for
anything
else that could be coming up with the car.

Melissa

Actually one of the things I have seen cause a noise like this is tire
wear on the front tires. I have had several cars do this (including my 03
Malibu) and sometimes it would go away when I rotated the tires, and
sometimes I had to put up with it until I replaced the tires.

#12

Jeannie Smith wrote:

Quote:

I HAVE AN 04 MALIBU AND IT MAKES A SOUND TOO. MY HUSBAND TOOK IT TO THE
MECHANIC AND IT WAS THE BRAKE CARLIBER LOOSE BUT CHEVROLET HAS BAD BRAKES
ANYWAY. MY BRAKE PAD ARE NEW AND STILL SQUEAK AND MAKE A ROARING AND A
HORRIBLE GRINDING SOUND.
"Cy Welch" <cywelch (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:r77pf.30923$BZ5.28401 (AT) newssvr13 (DOT) news.prodigy.com...

Melissa wrote:

We've got our '97 Malibu going to see our mechanic next Monday. He said
it
is most likely a wheel bearing given the age and miles of the car. We're
lucky to have a great mechanic that we've been using for almost 20 years.
He'll find the problem and also give a basic going over looking for
anything
else that could be coming up with the car.

Melissa

Actually one of the things I have seen cause a noise like this is tire
wear on the front tires. I have had several cars do this (including my 03
Malibu) and sometimes it would go away when I rotated the tires, and
sometimes I had to put up with it until I replaced the tires.

If the pad was loose, that almost always means that whoever installed it

did so incorrectly. As for squeaking and grinding, that means someone
was done wrong most of the time. As for the roaring, in my experience
this is ALWAYS the tires. Everything Chevy I have owned in the last
several decades has had issues with how the front tires wear that cause
them to make a roaring/rumbline sound after a while. This always goes
aways when they are replaced.

--
Cy Welch
Senior Programmer
MetSYS Inc
http://www.metsysinc.com

#13

check front weel hub

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