# "Crickets" powering the car

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/crickets-powering-the-car/16887>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 18, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crickets-powering-the-car/16887 "2008-07-18T20:06:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![egebrecj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/87869e/32.png) [@egebrecj](https://community.cartalk.com/u/egebrecj)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crickets-powering-the-car/16887/1 "2008-07-18T20:06:17Z")

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I’ve a 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan w/74k mi.  
  
 A sound like a lovelorn cricket is heard while the car is moving. It increses, decreases with the speed but is not heard at a stop. Braking seems to intensify the volume which deminishes as the car slows.  
  
 There is no unusual noise when the car idles.  
  
 I’d really like to free the critters and let “Raptor (car)” be her usual sneaky, quiet self.  
  
  
  
 Thanks, J

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**Author:** ![hoffmalr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bc8723/32.png) [@hoffmalr](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hoffmalr)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crickets-powering-the-car/16887/2 "2008-07-18T20:08:18Z")

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Could be a wheel bearing. I’d see a mechanic…if it is a wheel bearing, it’s dangerous to ignore.

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**Author:** ![americar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/americar/32/42_2.png) [@americar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/americar)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crickets-powering-the-car/16887/3 "2008-07-18T20:10:53Z")

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Have the brakes ever been replaced? Could be the wear indicators.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crickets-powering-the-car/16887/4 "2008-07-18T21:29:22Z")

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I agree that this sounds like the wear indicators on your brakes. Have them checked before you damage the rotors and incur a bigger repair bill.