# Intermittant scraping sound in toyota corolla

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittant-scraping-sound-in-toyota-corolla/2238>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 26, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittant-scraping-sound-in-toyota-corolla/2238 "2007-07-26T13:47:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![nancyowho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/2bfe46/32.png) [@nancyowho](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nancyowho)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittant-scraping-sound-in-toyota-corolla/2238/1 "2007-07-26T13:47:19Z")

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My 98 toyota corolla (160,000 miles) is making a scraping, grinding noise on the front end of the driver’s side at low speeds - sometimes. Seems to be fine when I start out. Fine on the freeway. But when I slow down or am moving at a crawl thanks to a traffic jam, it emits scary noises from the front end. Seems to happen mainly when I have my foot on the brake, although sometimes it happens when I’m just moving very slowly. It is intermittant. I took it to a brake shop who of course didn’t hear the noise and said the brakes were fine. Where should I look next? Is this safe to drive until it’s repaired? Thanks. The ignorant car owner