# Hollow Sounding Drum Like Noise

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/hollow-sounding-drum-like-noise/32593>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** noises\
**Created:** [June 29, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hollow-sounding-drum-like-noise/32593 "2009-06-29T13:37:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Suspence11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Suspence11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Suspence11)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hollow-sounding-drum-like-noise/32593/1 "2009-06-29T13:37:58Z")

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I am hearing a strange noise coming from my front left wheel area. It happens on any road that is not completely smooth, at the imperfections in the road. It is a hollow like sound, almost like if you blow air over an empty beer bottle or hit a hollow drum. That is the best way I can describe it. In the not too distant past, I had my rotors turned down in the front (the left front tie rod end was replaced at this same time because it was worn), and a set of 4 new tires.

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**Author:** ![orangevega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@orangevega](https://community.cartalk.com/u/orangevega)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hollow-sounding-drum-like-noise/32593/2 "2009-06-29T13:56:31Z")

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Please post make, model, year of your car. If this is a front wheel drive car, have you checked the front CV joint boots to see if they are intact and not torn or leaking grease?

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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hollow-sounding-drum-like-noise/32593/3 "2009-06-29T13:59:12Z")

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Could be a bad or missing rubber bushing.

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**Author:** ![Suspence11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Suspence11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Suspence11)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hollow-sounding-drum-like-noise/32593/4 "2009-06-29T14:02:01Z")

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It is an 04 Caddy CTS, 3.2 L. I took this into the shop last week but what they said they found didn’t fix it. They said something along the lines of finding a loose electrical sensor. I have not checked the CV joint myself, and am not sure if they looked at it last week.