Noise problem on 97 SE

Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2

Whenever I drive the car, it's making a noise like two rusted metal rubbing together for about 2 seconds everytime the wheel spins. The symptom would be more noticeable during the morning drive or whenever I turned the steering wheel. The dealer indicates that it's just glaze on the rotors and that I should break a little harder to remove it. I doubt that this is the case since you could hear it even when I don't step on the brake. I went to an independent shop and they couldn't figure out what's wrong with it since they can't isolate the noise as to which side of the wheel it's coming from. They noticed that if they put it on a rack and make the wheel spin it will not make any noise at all but only if it's on the ground where there is weight on the tires. They suspected that it's either the tire or bearing but not knowing which side it is they were not willing to take a chance to make any repair, Is there any other way to isolate the problem or know what the problem is? Crying or Very sad

External Since: Oct 24, 2006 Posts: 626

tjlean wrote:
> Whenever I drive the car, it’s making a noise like two rusted metal
> rubbing together for about 2 seconds everytime the wheel spins. The
> symptom would be more noticeable during the morning drive or whenever
> I turned the steering wheel. The dealer indicates that it’s just glaze
> on the rotors and that I should break a little harder to remove it. I
> doubt that this is the case since you could hear it even when I don’t
> step on the brake. I went to an independent shop and they couldn’t
> figure out what’s wrong with it since they can’t isolate the noise as
> to which side of the wheel it’s coming from. They noticed that if they
> put it on a rack and make the wheel spin it will not make any noise at
> all but only if it’s on the ground where there is weight on the tires.
> They suspected that it’s either the tire or bearing but not knowing
> which side it is they were not willing to take a chance to make any
> repair, Is there any other way to isolate the problem or know what the
> problem is? Crying or Very sad

>
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It's a Honda SE _what_ ? Are you talking about spinning on icy roads?
What mileage, what country?

'Curly'

Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2

This is an Accord SE (Special Edition). No it's not icy road, just the typical dry california road. I have about 95850 miles on it.
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