# Winding sound at highway speed

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/winding-sound-at-highway-speed/76412>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 30, 2012, 11:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/winding-sound-at-highway-speed/76412 "2012-12-30T11:05:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bljenson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Bljenson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bljenson)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 11:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/winding-sound-at-highway-speed/76412/1 "2012-12-30T11:05:05Z")

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For the last few weeks my car has been making a winding sound at highway speeds. It sounds as if it is winding out at high rpms but it isn’t. When I let off the gas, the sound doesn’t decrease until the car begins to slow significantly. It also seems not to make the sound if I am going around a right hand curve. The car is a 2005 5-speed mazda 3.

Any ideas what the problem might be? And is it safe to drive 600 miles back home before having it checked out. With the holiday, I don’t have many options.

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 11:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/winding-sound-at-highway-speed/76412/2 "2012-12-30T11:11:21Z")

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**_Wheel Bearing ?_**

CSA

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/winding-sound-at-highway-speed/76412/3 "2012-12-30T23:01:20Z")

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+1 for CSA. I would have the wheel bearings checked out before driving 600 miles. If it is a bad bearing…you can do a lot of damage to the axle or housing. A “side of the road” repair can be very expensive.

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**Author:** ![Bljenson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Bljenson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bljenson)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/winding-sound-at-highway-speed/76412/4 "2012-12-31T01:30:00Z")

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Thanks. I’ll make a point of getting it checked out before I head back home.