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monkeydave · 04-21-2017, 07:06 PM

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

X-WingYaris · 04-24-2017, 02:29 PM

Finally got the car to the dealership.
In the rear: bad wheel bearing
Also in the front: bad front passenger strut.

Covered under warranty. No cost to me.

So glad for that.

However I am concerned a wheel bearing went out this early in the vehicles life. Is this cause for concern? Should I expect it to go out on the other side as well or something?

Thanks for everyone's input!

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Motzking1 · 04-24-2017, 04:36 PM

I have oversized tires, big wheels, smacked a few curbs, replaced a few wheels, 300lbs worth of box and subs that take up the trunk and got 100k on mine. No bearing problems. Not for lack of abuse. At my work we run a fleet of yaris's 2013 to 2015. We have done a few. But only ones caused by smacking curbs good. I would expect they last a long time.

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04-21-2017, 07:06 PM	#19
monkeydave Drives: 2016 yaris icon Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: manchester uk Posts: 16	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 Last edited by monkeydave; 04-21-2017 at 07:17 PM.

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04-24-2017, 02:29 PM	#20
X-WingYaris Drives: Toyota Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: USA Posts: 32	Finally got the car to the dealership. In the rear: bad wheel bearing Also in the front: bad front passenger strut. Covered under warranty. No cost to me. So glad for that. However I am concerned a wheel bearing went out this early in the vehicles life. Is this cause for concern? Should I expect it to go out on the other side as well or something? Thanks for everyone's input! Sent from my HTC6535LVW using Tapatalk

04-24-2017, 04:36 PM	#21
Motzking1 Drives: 47 2013 yaris l hatchbacks Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Renton, wa Posts: 64	I have oversized tires, big wheels, smacked a few curbs, replaced a few wheels, 300lbs worth of box and subs that take up the trunk and got 100k on mine. No bearing problems. Not for lack of abuse. At my work we run a fleet of yaris's 2013 to 2015. We have done a few. But only ones caused by smacking curbs good. I would expect they last a long time. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk