Chevy Prizm noisy wheel

nougat
Wed, 26 Feb 2014 04:06:20 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

I have a 1999 Chevy Geo Prizm a.k.a. Toyota Corolla. I am new to car ownership and don’t know much about maintenance yet, so I am worried about getting fleeced when I take my car in for repairs.

Recently, the back right wheel has started making a soft “wumm wumm wumm” noise when the car is in motion. The faster I drive, the more the noise speeds up, so it seems like something is coming loose or out of alignment. I’ve driven over a fair number of potholes in the last couple of months, and while I don’t remember any particularly gnarly ones, I imagine that’s what has caused the problem.

Any guesses as to what might be going wrong, how dire it is, and what I should expect to hear from the mechanic when I take it in?

A big big thanks in advance!

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