does the car normally have lots of road niose. I changed from the original Bridgestone to Michelins and it’s still very loud. I only have 11k miles

Apparently it does, based on your experience. Michelins are known to be pretty quiet tires on most cars. Noisy IS in the ear of the beholder, though. Your “noisy” might not be my “OK, that’s pretty quiet”

I have a 2016 Outback and there is quite a bit of road noise but I guess I’m used to it. Our prior Subaru, a 2000 Forester, also had significant road noise. This is purely a guess but I wonder if the higher ground clearance contributes to more road noise - Or maybe the AWD or a combination of both?…

I have a 2017 Outback Limited and while it is not a quiet car it isn’t excessively noisy. Were the Bridgestones as noisy as the Michelins? I have Bridgestones and for winter I tried a brand sold by Les Schwab (WinterCat XT and they were unacceptably noisy. So bad that Schwab replaced them with an…

By less rubber between the wheel and pavement you mean a lower profile tire?

How long have you had the car (are you the original owner)? Was it ever not loud? (Trying to distinguish between whether the noise has always existed vs. whether it developed over time while you had the first tires). Does the noise change on different road surfaces? This could help distinguish b…

[image] ken2116: How long have you had the car (are you the original owner)? Was it ever not loud? Additionally, the exact trim model can have a bearing on the interior noise level, simply because the “stripp-o” trim models have little or no sound insulation, but the top level models–in this …

Thanks for your reply I guess the Outback is just sensitive to road noise. It changes with the type of surface. The car only has 10k miles and has brand new Michelins. Other than that, I love the car.

[image] 2015 Crosstrek straining noise Rear axle bearings are a common Subaru problem around 100,000 miles or so. I’d find a good Subaru independent mechanic and have them take a look. Okay, but when the OP posted his question in October, 2018, he also told us that… [image] peterFawlter: I…

It appears that two posts or threads are being conflated - 1) peterFawlter about road noise starting Oct '18, and 2) pmgentile_167851 starting today, June 8, 2020, inquiring about noise and performance problems. Are these something a moderator can separate, is there a moderator…?

Hi ken. I split off the posts about the Crosstrek noise. It seems that even though pmgentile joined an existing thread, there was only one post that conflated the old thread info with today’s post. I got rid of that and some other stuff that now doesn’t make much sense outside of context. This has …

Road noise - 2017 Subaru Outback - #9 by cdaquila - Maintenance/Repairs

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