# 2003 Toyota ECHO - rumbly wo-wo-wo sound

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-toyota-echo-rumbly-wo-wo-wo-sound/167615>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** tires, toyota\
**Created:** [July 21, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-toyota-echo-rumbly-wo-wo-wo-sound/167615 "2020-07-21T04:57:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Hunter52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Hunter52](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Hunter52)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-toyota-echo-rumbly-wo-wo-wo-sound/167615/1 "2020-07-21T04:57:55Z")

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I bought this 2003 Echo almost two years ago and I really like it. It has low mileage–under 100,000 miles. But it has been making a noise which has been gradually getting worse, kind of a rumbly wo-wo-wo sound when I go 25 mph or more. It seems connected to the wheels in some way. What’s notable is that it’s more pronounced when I steer slightly to the left or even straight ahead. When I make a curve to the right, the noise disappears.

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-toyota-echo-rumbly-wo-wo-wo-sound/167615/2 "2020-07-21T11:39:37Z")

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Just a wild guess, it may be the tires. But until a mechanic inspects the tires, suspension, and alignment, just a guesss

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**Author:** ![GorehamJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/gorehamj/32/24103_2.png) [@GorehamJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GorehamJ)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-toyota-echo-rumbly-wo-wo-wo-sound/167615/3 "2020-07-21T19:03:38Z")

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My guesses are in order:  
Tires (80%)  
wheel bearing (10%)  
a brake issue that warped the rotors badly (5%)  
Some kind of bigger problem (5%)  
Tell us what it ends up being so we can see how smaaaht we are.

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**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-toyota-echo-rumbly-wo-wo-wo-sound/167615/4 "2020-07-22T00:23:07Z")

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That noise may simply be a design feature, after all, it **is** an “echo”.