# Car sounds like an old computer loading **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 22, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sounds-like-an-old-computer-loading/131277 "2018-12-22T19:52:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beccah\_Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Beccah\_Alex](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beccah_Alex)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sounds-like-an-old-computer-loading/131277/1 "2018-12-22T19:52:06Z")
I have a 2007 Jeep Liberty and recently it has started making this weird noise while I’m driving. It almost sounds like a very old computer trying to load the internet. It only makes the noise when I’m trying to accelerate or keep a constant speed. It doesn’t make the noise when I’m idling or have my foot off the gas. Does anyone know what’s wrong? Is it something that would be an easy/cheap fix? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sounds-like-an-old-computer-loading/131277/2 "2018-12-22T19:56:34Z")
Is it like a buzzing noise? If so,check for a loose exhaust shield. ---
**Author:** ![Beccah\_Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Beccah\_Alex](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beccah_Alex)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sounds-like-an-old-computer-loading/131277/3 "2018-12-22T19:59:22Z")
Its not a buzzing noise. It literally sounds like an old computer grinding while trying to download something or load a web page. ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sounds-like-an-old-computer-loading/131277/4 "2018-12-22T20:40:01Z")
A bad wheel bearing or possible a dry U-joint. You will have to raise the vehicle and spin the rear wheels to check the wheel bearings. Also look carefully at the U-Joints. Look for dusty rust thrown around the yokes. That is a sure sign that a joint need to be replaced. Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sounds-like-an-old-computer-loading/131277/5 "2018-12-22T21:03:48Z")
> [@Beccah\_Alex](#): > > a very old computer trying to load the internet. How would you know? All the old computers were long-gone by the time there was an Internet. I suspect you mean the sound of a modem making a connection over a telephone line, something one can still hear occasionally at stores and libraries that make non-Internet connections but actually dial up a remote computer over the phone lines. The FCC used to do that, how I used to communicate regarding my licenses. If I’m right, it would sound like a belt squealing. ---
**Author:** ![MY\_2\_CENTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@MY\_2\_CENTS](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MY_2_CENTS)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sounds-like-an-old-computer-loading/131277/6 "2018-12-22T21:30:29Z")
If the OP is talking about the sound an old computer made when booting up it may be the sound of the floppy disc drive initiating. It kind of had the the sound of a knocking engine bearing. With all these wildly varying possibilities we need a better description. Better yet, a recording. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sounds-like-an-old-computer-loading/131277/7 "2018-12-22T21:58:10Z")
> [@MY\_2\_CENTS](#): > > we need a better description. Better yet, a recording. +1 Without a recording, we are all just taking shots in the dark.