# Growling noise from front of car **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet, malibuclassic\ **Created:** [May 17, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/growling-noise-from-front-of-car/104033 "2017-05-17T16:11:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/growling-noise-from-front-of-car/104033/21 "2017-05-23T02:57:10Z")
What’s odd about your symptoms is that the growling noise changes only when you veer to the right. But that direction of veer puts more pressure on the _left_ wheel bearing, not the right. So if anything that would point to the left wheel bearing as the problem. But you’ve recently replaced the left wheel bearing. hmm … I’m thinking these guesses - left wheel bearing is still bad, perhaps damaged during the install … was this the first time you’ve installed a wheel bearing? If so, don’t discount the possibility that you made a mistake somewhere along the line. It’s very easy to damage the bearing during the install process. - a transmission differential component has failed … check the differential fluid level … some transmissions have a separate fill point for the differential part of the transmission - left cv half shaft is still bad … or wrong length. It’s not that uncommon to hear of reports here of aftermarket half shaft problems. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/growling-noise-from-front-of-car/104033/22 "2017-05-23T20:33:55Z")
Are the tires worned? Try rotating the tires front to back the see if the noise quiets down.Sometimes people confuse tire noise vs wheel bearing noise. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/growling-noise-from-front-of-car/104033/23 "2017-05-23T21:24:06Z")
I just did both wheel bearings on a Malibu Classic yesterday. The noise was coming from the left bearing while driving, but no play at all, and spinning the wheel showed no signs on a bad bearing on the left. The right bearing had a little play so I changed that out too. Both bearings were hard to get out of the bore from corrosion, but you can drive the old seal straight through towards the axle shaft. I think I spent more time cleaning the bores than the rest of the work took. Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![Britany\_Moss](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/britany_moss/32/13764_2.png) [@Britany\_Moss](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Britany_Moss)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/growling-noise-from-front-of-car/104033/24 "2018-11-06T02:02:47Z")
Did you ever find out the problem? This same exact thing is happened to me. Even when I turn right I don’t hear it anymore. Same exact issues! Please help [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/growling-noise-from-front-of-car/104033.md?page=1)