Posted on 02/11/2022 1:53:37 PM PST by SouthernClaire
What Opeunurmind said:
“As someone who makes a living at this, park that car immediately and have someone who does know what to look for come JACK IT UP and diagnose it before you drive it anymore. What you described can be a very serious issue that could cause an accident at any time. No joke...
By your description my first suspicions would be loose wheel lugnuts. If so the wheel could fall off at any moment while driving it. This needs an immediate inspection before you operate it anymore.”
I don’t make a living working on cars, but I’ve had to work on my own for economic and other necessary reasons. I’d vote for a CV joint issue or wheel bearings, except for the rubbing noise. That could be bearings, but it could also be loose lug nuts. Had a buddy whose SUV was making that kind of noise after having new tires put on. Tire shop said it was all fine, so he asked me to look at it. Yep, lug nuts loose on all 4 wheels. Get it checked out right away, please.
New or rebuilt calipers can still have a problem. I had a rebuilt one seize after less then 5k miles.
“I’m from the stupid school of mechanics. Try mounting the spare and see if the noise goes away”
Not stupid at all. At least it will get jacked up and shaken and spun to make sure it is not something scary serious if you do that.
I've installed defective/poorly turned brake rotors before. A brake rotors is cut by a lathe. Much like a vinyl record. It is then sanded flat. If the sanding process isn't done correctly, the brake pads will follow the spiral trac and ‘click’.
Thanks, Responsibility. I checked and it was the right front and left front sensors that were replaced. Mileage then was 49,686. Now is 50,686 (oddly enough). Going to try to reach them now because I don’t know if it’s safe to drive it the 20 miles to them.
Ditto. Take it back to where the work was done. Brake pads can chatter if they are installed without the anti-chatter spring tensioners. Leastwise they should be able to find out what’s wrong. Does it do it over bumps? Does it change while braking?
This.
For sure, if you have to ask here for help, then you can’t fix it. Time to pony up some cash and get it done by someone who is capable and doesn’t have to ask.
A man has got to know his limitations. That’s actually more important than knowing your strengths. All the “how to” videos on yewtube will get you into trouble.
This actually just happened to my daughter who lives in another town. She bought a good used car, within a few days she started to have the same noise and symptoms. I had my Son in law get off his butt and go jack it up. Lugnuts loose and it had already ruined the wheel. They called the used car dealer about it. Apparently they had just swapped wheels and tires from another rig onto this one. The incompetent tech forgot to tighten one of them.
And even if you have not had the wheels worked on recently, someone could have loosened them, or if they were not properly tightened even a year ago they can still loosen over time. And they will come loose faster on the left side than on the right side.
corvettes have cv joints...
If it’s AWD , sounds like cv joint.
Charger is RWD, unless it happens to be AWD.
It needs to be jacked up and shook good, and spun a few times before it is driven.
No, Chapin, it was just the calipers which, as I just checked, one was on the RF where the problem is. Called shop and it’s still covered so I take it in on the 22nd to find out.
I had this happen on my Navigator. It was chrome peeling off my wheel rim. Had to replace the rims.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, OPENURMIND! Seriously, thank you. God bless you.
Ha, ha! That’s too good. Thank you!!!
I had a similar clicking noise on a car in the late 70s.
The mechanic took the wheel off and found a small rock lodged. It had enough room to move around (and click) as the wheel rotated, but was too big to fall out on its own.
FYI.
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