I have been having an issue with my car that happens on a daily basis, but that I can't seem to recreate it with the BMW service manager in the car.
When driving at slow speeds (pulling in/out of a parking spot, etc) and only when turning hard right (not all the way), there is a rough, intermittent vibration/rubbing sound coming from the front right wheel area, and can be heard through the floorboard. The tone of the sound is like road noise, so low pitch. The noise goes with the speed of the wheel, and is not constant. It seems to come with the rotation of the wheel. It happens daily when the car is cold or warm, but for whatever reason, I can't recreate it with the service guy in the car.
The first time I took it to the dealer they filled the power steering fluid, but since I couldn't recreate it, they couldn't do much else. Prior to bringing it in a second time, I recorded the noise with my iPhone and sent it to the service team so that they could have a better idea of the noise before bringing it back in. I brought it back in this morning. The sound was there when I got gas, and made some other turns, but again, was unable to recreate at the dealer. I talked about breaks, wheel bearing, etc with the service manager. He said it could be a number of things, but not likely a wheel bearing. He really needed me to recreate the sound to proceed. They still have the car, and will attempt again on a later drive. He said that they will take off the wheel and do a visual inspection, but can't go any further without hearing it.
Attached is the sound file that contains 3 different instances of the sound that I recorded. The first 2 are when the wheel is turned almost all the way to the right, the first at a very slow speed and the second a little faster (as you can hear). The third sound occurs when the steering wheel is on it's way back to straightening out, but still turned to the right. This sound causes a little more vibration, but both come from the same area, the front wheel.
I have scoured the internet for similar issues, but none of them seem to be quite the same issue. I'm not sure what to do at this point, so I'm hoping someone here can offer some advice/direction.
Thanks in advance!
When driving at slow speeds (pulling in/out of a parking spot, etc) and only when turning hard right (not all the way), there is a rough, intermittent vibration/rubbing sound coming from the front right wheel area, and can be heard through the floorboard. The tone of the sound is like road noise, so low pitch. The noise goes with the speed of the wheel, and is not constant. It seems to come with the rotation of the wheel. It happens daily when the car is cold or warm, but for whatever reason, I can't recreate it with the service guy in the car.
The first time I took it to the dealer they filled the power steering fluid, but since I couldn't recreate it, they couldn't do much else. Prior to bringing it in a second time, I recorded the noise with my iPhone and sent it to the service team so that they could have a better idea of the noise before bringing it back in. I brought it back in this morning. The sound was there when I got gas, and made some other turns, but again, was unable to recreate at the dealer. I talked about breaks, wheel bearing, etc with the service manager. He said it could be a number of things, but not likely a wheel bearing. He really needed me to recreate the sound to proceed. They still have the car, and will attempt again on a later drive. He said that they will take off the wheel and do a visual inspection, but can't go any further without hearing it.
Attached is the sound file that contains 3 different instances of the sound that I recorded. The first 2 are when the wheel is turned almost all the way to the right, the first at a very slow speed and the second a little faster (as you can hear). The third sound occurs when the steering wheel is on it's way back to straightening out, but still turned to the right. This sound causes a little more vibration, but both come from the same area, the front wheel.
I have scoured the internet for similar issues, but none of them seem to be quite the same issue. I'm not sure what to do at this point, so I'm hoping someone here can offer some advice/direction.
Thanks in advance!
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