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elmo · 10-25-2010, 12:49 PM

OK i got a noise in the right front sounds like a rock in a hubcap if you know that sound, and no i don't have hubcaps, it is only at slow speed i looked in the disk guard nothing there

HELP !!! it is driving me nuts

DARK AGE 53 · 10-25-2010, 01:25 PM

maybe lug nuts loose, hub assembly bearing going bad?

DARK AGE 53 · 10-25-2010, 11:56 PM

could also be front sway bar end link?

henry33 · 10-26-2010, 02:47 AM

I had the same it was very annoying and finally I have found the reason the bonnet rattles in the lock since the rubber backstop have been screwed all the way down ! try to screw them up maybe it will help also for you

elmo · 10-26-2010, 04:24 PM

Thanks all,

no lose lugs
its not the bonnet

i will check the sway bar

this thing is crazy sounds exactly like a rock rolling around in a hubcap but i don't have them so i know it's not that

pz's yaris · 11-21-2010, 10:49 AM

I am having the same problem but coming from the rear (at least that's where it sounds like it's coming from). I just had it at the dealer for oil change yesterday and they stated they didn't hear anything... I swear they never hear anything. Anyways, I came here to see if anyone else was experiencing this. I am bound and determined to get to the bottom of this so I will certainly share my findings if I can get a mechanic to confirm the noise I am hearing and fix it!

elmo · 11-22-2010, 07:00 AM

I FOUND MY PROBLEM !!!!!!!

there was a small rock in the slot on the back side of the right front disk, at slow speed it was falling out and hitting the disk guard then bouncing back into the slot at speed the centrifugal force held in in place. it was just big enough that it wouldn't fall out had to pull it out. that sound was driving me nuts. at least now i know what it is if it ever happens again !!!

10-25-2010, 12:49 PM	#1
elmo WFO Drives: 2008 hb Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: E. Tennessee Posts: 190	strange noise OK i got a noise in the right front sounds like a rock in a hubcap if you know that sound, and no i don't have hubcaps, it is only at slow speed i looked in the disk guard nothing there HELP !!! it is driving me nuts

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10-25-2010, 01:25 PM	#2
DARK AGE 53 Drives: 2009 Yaris Onyx Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 201	maybe lug nuts loose, hub assembly bearing going bad?

10-25-2010, 11:56 PM	#3
DARK AGE 53 Drives: 2009 Yaris Onyx Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 201	could also be front sway bar end link?

10-26-2010, 04:24 PM	#5
elmo WFO Drives: 2008 hb Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: E. Tennessee Posts: 190	Thanks all, no lose lugs its not the bonnet i will check the sway bar this thing is crazy sounds exactly like a rock rolling around in a hubcap but i don't have them so i know it's not that

11-21-2010, 10:49 AM	#6
pz's yaris Drives: 2008 Black Sand Pearl HB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 9	I am having the same problem but coming from the rear (at least that's where it sounds like it's coming from). I just had it at the dealer for oil change yesterday and they stated they didn't hear anything... I swear they never hear anything. Anyways, I came here to see if anyone else was experiencing this. I am bound and determined to get to the bottom of this so I will certainly share my findings if I can get a mechanic to confirm the noise I am hearing and fix it!

11-22-2010, 07:00 AM	#7
elmo WFO Drives: 2008 hb Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: E. Tennessee Posts: 190	I FOUND MY PROBLEM !!!!!!! there was a small rock in the slot on the back side of the right front disk, at slow speed it was falling out and hitting the disk guard then bouncing back into the slot at speed the centrifugal force held in in place. it was just big enough that it wouldn't fall out had to pull it out. that sound was driving me nuts. at least now i know what it is if it ever happens again !!!