# My rear end is singing... my car's rear end!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-rear-end-is-singing-my-cars-rear-end/44988>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** accord, honda\
**Created:** [February 23, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-rear-end-is-singing-my-cars-rear-end/44988 "2010-02-23T16:56:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![annabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@annabrown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/annabrown)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-rear-end-is-singing-my-cars-rear-end/44988/1 "2010-02-23T16:56:46Z")

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My 1999 Honda Accord has a noise coming from the rear end. It starts as a static sound that turns into a whining sound. My dad has taken my car twice and never heard it, and the mechanic even drove my car home and didn’t hear it. I’m not crazy! What could be the problem?

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**Author:** ![fitjeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fitjeep](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fitjeep)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-rear-end-is-singing-my-cars-rear-end/44988/2 "2010-02-23T17:09:16Z")

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It could be the fuel pump.

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-rear-end-is-singing-my-cars-rear-end/44988/3 "2010-02-23T17:10:29Z")

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Hearing differences.  
If you’re young and they’re older, they may actually not be able to hear a high pitched sound that you do.  
Could just be the brake pads which contact the rotor with no pressure all the time or a bearing.

With the car up on a hoist have them spin the wheels and listen with a stethescope to specific areas.

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**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-rear-end-is-singing-my-cars-rear-end/44988/4 "2010-02-23T17:15:02Z")

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It could be something as simple as loose rubber seal on the trunk.

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**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-rear-end-is-singing-my-cars-rear-end/44988/5 "2010-02-23T17:49:23Z")

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I’ll second the hearing issues ken mentioned. The first thing you should do (IMO) is to determine if the sound is dependant on vehicle speed or engine speed. Does the pitch or intensity vary with vehicle speed or say, when turning in a particular direction? Or does the engine speed play a role (try shifting into neutral and coasting for example)? This will eliminate a bunch of potential causes right off the bat…

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-rear-end-is-singing-my-cars-rear-end/44988/6 "2010-02-23T21:48:47Z")

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I was with Honda in 2002 and we replaced many rear wheel bearings on your model but I would never lable the noise as “singing” on any of the cars I fixed.