tire noise

[monkeydave]

i get a whistle from the left rear wheel at 40mph and above, i have swapped the tyres round and had the rear door opened to check for wind noise and it has been back to the dealers once and they cleaned the rear drum brakes and it quietened it down for a day they also said it was done as a courtesy and not covered under warranty

good way of selling me another car and getting the service done with them i dont think

i spoke to toyota head office and they had a word with the dealer and im going in on monday for another test drive and another look into the problems

the brakes work normal and the noise is on and off exactly on 40mph which makes me think wheel bearing as it is only on one side and the brake clean might have lubricated the bearing and quietened it for a while, the only thing that is against it being the wheel bearing is the noise is a whistle and not a hum normal wheel bearing noise

my rear brakes are drum brakes too which might make a difference

its getting on my nerves as its a new car (6 months old now with 2600 miles) and the rest of the car is great but if they mess me about i will be going back to honda