# 2008 Toyota Yaris - Whirrs

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-toyota-yaris-whirrs/144766>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota\
**Created:** [July 19, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-toyota-yaris-whirrs/144766 "2019-07-19T14:03:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mllazin\_154758](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@mllazin\_154758](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mllazin_154758)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-toyota-yaris-whirrs/144766/1 "2019-07-19T14:03:50Z")

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I recently bought a 2008 Toyota Yaris hatchback. I hit an “unavoidable” pothole. Since then the vehicle has made a loud whirring noise once I make it past 20mph. The car is manual, and makes the noise regardless of what gear I am in. The noise gets louder as I go faster, and seems to be coming from the front passenger side. I have put the car up on a stand and checked out the under side, and sure enough there are “points-of-contact” trailing from protective plastic beneath the front skirt (scraped), to the oil pan (dented), to the passenger side wheel assembly mounting bracket (scraped and bent). I managed to bend the mounting bracket back into place, however the sound persists. The whirring does subsided when turning right. Does anyone have thoughts / recommendations about the cause?

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-toyota-yaris-whirrs/144766/2 "2019-07-19T14:09:48Z")

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You may have damaged the wheel bearing. Starts as a whirr, becomes a growl. Remove the brake caliper and bracket, remove the brake rotor and turn the bearing by hand. If there is any roughness, it is damaged.

It is a pretty serious problem not to be ignored.

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**Author:** ![mllazin\_154758](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@mllazin\_154758](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mllazin_154758)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-toyota-yaris-whirrs/144766/3 "2019-07-19T14:22:20Z")

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Thanks Mustangman! I figured this might be the case - I’ll check it out.