# Intermitent Roaring Noise

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermitent-roaring-noise/48312>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** legacy, subaru\
**Created:** [May 3, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermitent-roaring-noise/48312 "2010-05-03T12:55:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermitent-roaring-noise/48312/1 "2010-05-03T12:55:24Z")

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Joining the Subaru problems club…  
  
  
  
 Intermittently our 05 Subaru has a roaring noise like a mud tire on a truck or maybe louder than a snow tire noise. It then goes away. It ranges from 30MPH-highway speeds  
  
  
  
 The car does has really new(\<1000 miles) tires known to be relatively quiet(Continental Extreme Contact DWS).  
  
  
  
 Is this a wheel bearing noise. I only ask as I have a letter from Subaru extending the warranty on the rear 8yrs/100k.

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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:** [May 3, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermitent-roaring-noise/48312/2 "2010-05-03T13:04:21Z")

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Wheel bearings would be the first thing that I would check–especially since defective bearings would be replaced at no charge to you.

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**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermitent-roaring-noise/48312/3 "2010-05-03T13:17:43Z")

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Does the pitch of the sound change when the steering wheel is moved off-center (i.e. changing lanes)? That’s a good indication of a bad wheel bearing(s). The viscous clutch on my 95 Dakota’s fan would make a roaring noise occasionally, but I assume you have an electric fan on the Subaru.

Ed B.