Alright folks. I have NO idea what this is.

Constant sound is what you're listening for. Any help you can offer would be nice.

Driving down a smooth country highway at 65mph. No 4x4 truck with fat tires driving down the road by me. Passenger Side Front tire is the location I am thinking, that is where this sound bite was taken at. I also had 'Discount Tire' balance and rotate the tires. Exact same sound before, and after.

Thank you.

 

Ok Kev. I edited my post( you know what it said before)

Seriously though. Sounds like a bad tire or maybe a hub bearing failure. Or maybe the inner wheelwell came loose, fell, and is rubbing on the tire. But, I'm just guessing.

 

Sorry about that George! Updated info...

 

Ever heard of hubs? Lots of talk about them on this forum. Could also be flex pipe, if it does it sitting still.

Speaking of hubs, I just finished replacing mt rears. My brake judder is now gone.

 

@donbrew, it does not do it sitting still. Sitting still, she's purring quiet as a kitten.

Hubs? Hub Assembly?

 

If they are making enough noise to record with a smart phone, then you should be able to feel play when you jack the wheel up and give it a top-bottom push/pull: that signifies waay worn out.

Maybe I'll listen to it.

SEARCH "hub" and/or "bearing".

on Ebay a pair will cost less than $100.

 

Sounds like it could be a wheel bearing. When it's making noise turn the wheel to one way then the other just a little and listen for a change in the noise. A bad wheel bearing noises in most cases will change of stop making noise when loaded and unloaded by swaying the car a little.

 

My latest just made an annoying rumble for the fronts the rears made an annoying whirr. My first one made people on the highway turn their heads at 75 MPH windows closed.

And it may be causing brake judder.

 

Not feeling brake judder, nor is effecting any systems on board.

Also, does the HHR not have ABS on the front? I thought we did.

 

If your hhr has abs it will have a wheel speed sensor on all four wheels.