# Periodic Noise **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** noises, subaru, wheels\ **Created:** [July 7, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/periodic-noise/16330 "2008-07-07T13:48:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spoton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@spoton](https://community.cartalk.com/u/spoton)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/periodic-noise/16330/1 "2008-07-07T13:48:26Z")
Wife’s car (1999 Subaru Legacy Outback with \>140K miles) makes intermittent noise coming from the left front area. It seems to be a function related to a position / speed of the wheel. It makes a noise which varies from a rubbing low-frequency to a squeaking and high -pitch. We’ve brought it in to the dealer 3 times without resolution. When the car was in a noise mood, we brought it in to have the dealer tech listen to it and verify that we’re not crazy. I thought that it might be a stuck brake caliper, wheel bearing or speedometer cable. But nothing has been confirmed as yet. Besides turning up the radio to full volume - what do you recommend? ---
**Author:** ![spoton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@spoton](https://community.cartalk.com/u/spoton)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/periodic-noise/16330/2 "2008-07-07T18:18:04Z")
Eureka! - Problem has been diagnosed as front wheel bearing - very expensive…