My 2007 Honda Pilot with 180,000 miles on it. I bought the car with 135,000. Even when I bought it, the car made this noise but it is getting louder. The noise is like a cycling, repetitive noise that increases in speed as the vehicle increases in speed. It seems to be coming from the rear. Two mechanics are mystified, both stating that the rear differential is full of oil so that is fine and they think it is a flat spot on a tire. But I’ve had several sets of tires on the car and the noise is the exact same, with no change. It is hard to describe, but it is just a semi-loud road noise that goes “whomp” every time something turns a rotation. I THINK it makes the repeating noise slower than the speed of a rotation of the tires, but I’m simply not sure.
Bad hub bearings will do that. Vehicule has 180,000 miles and they can fail anytime now.Take your vehicule to a reputable independant mechanic where he would test the bearings for play and litsten to them with a stethoscope.
This might sound ridiculous. Does this happen when the front window(s) are down but the back ones closed. My Caravan did this. Opening a rear window just a bit stopped it.
I got tired of trying to fix it, and I just couldn’t figure it out. I ended up changing my transmission fluid. That made a difference. A bit quieter and shifted better. Then over the years, I just had routine annual car inspections every year and of course, had a few worn out parts replaced here and there. I learned to “tune it out” because it was always there. One day, I drove away from a new (different) tire dealer and WOW, it was quiet! I had two sets of tires from dealer A, and it never fixed the issue. New Tires from Dealer B and WOW, I noticed immediately. So maybe it was my tires all along, or a combination of my tires being crap or out of balance and the transmission fluid change helped also. So I think largely it may have been the tires. So they were selling me CRAP new tires or never balanced them or something. Never going back there. Hope that helps!
