noise in reaer while driving

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vanclot
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i was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions on what it my problem might be.

i have a 2011 kizashi sport in canada. and have almost 160000 kms on it already. alot of driving.

well the issue im having is i hear a hum noise coming from the outside of the car in the tire area of the rear. when i drive and turn the wheel to the right the noise lessens. when i turn left its still their. at first i thought it was the tires. and have since switched to my winter tires and its still their. My car no longer has that silent cabin. i hear somewhat loud rumble, maybe even a slight grinding noise. i have also replaced rear brakes as was still their. could it be a wheel bearing? i haven't had time to bring it to a shop to get it checked out was just feeling ideas.

thanks alot in advance
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vanclot wrote: could it be a wheel bearing?
I think you could be right, the symptoms you describe all point to it (from what I know). Your Kizashi has covered a fair distance.
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vanclot
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thank you.
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Sounds like the right rear wheel bearing. When you turn right, weight shifts over to the left wheel, lessening the load on the right.
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wheel bearing.... Probably just about for sure. It is odd that a rear would fail first.




Rockauto also had several options http://www.rockauto.com/ --> Year-->Suzuki -->Kizashi-->Brake/Wheel Hub-->Wheel Bearing & Hub Assembly
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Since you have to buy the assembly I do not think this job would be very hard.

It is actually more of a PITA to press bearings in and out.

If it were me I would probably do both sides and the the rear end aligned. Check the rear struts while you have it apart they are probably toast by now.
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vanclot
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thanks everyone. yeah i figured it might have been a wheel bearing but it always nice hearing people think similar.

These things are so expensive. well compared to the old days when 12 bucks would get you a bearing :) i used to have a hyundai tiburon and i was changing wheel bearings every 3 months. it was a nightmare. i do alot of driving and havent had any real issues with my kizashi so a few hundred bucks to fix a bearing isnt all that bad.

thanks again everyone.
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vanclot
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oh one last thing. does it make a differnce between awd and fwd cars. in canada our sport model is a fwd manual.
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I'm pretty sure the part numbers will be different for the fwd/awd hubs since the awd had a driveshaft there.
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AWD rear
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Note the drive shaft splines


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