# Whirring sound upon acceleration **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet, cavalier\ **Created:** [January 10, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whirring-sound-upon-acceleration/59818 "2011-01-10T23:27:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BlueSieve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BlueSieve](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BlueSieve)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whirring-sound-upon-acceleration/59818/1 "2011-01-10T23:27:01Z")
My car now makes a “whirring” sound upon acceleration - as speed picks up, so does the pitch of the whirring. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whirring-sound-upon-acceleration/59818/2 "2011-01-10T23:39:57Z")
Is your radio turned on when you hear this noise? Is it possible that the noise is coming from the radio speakers? If you are not sure, turn off the audio system and see if you still hear the noise. ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whirring-sound-upon-acceleration/59818/3 "2011-01-10T23:51:15Z")
If the sound changes while strongly steering from left to right I would suspect wheel bearing. ---
**Author:** ![richw46](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e99b99/32.png) [@richw46](https://community.cartalk.com/u/richw46)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whirring-sound-upon-acceleration/59818/4 "2011-01-11T01:25:01Z")
Will it make the noise in neutral/park or does the car have to be moving? Cold engine, warm engine?