Wheel bearings gone bad

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by rustymuffler

I finally got the car back from the dealership today and as it turns out, both the front and rear passenger side wheel bearings had gone bad. Covered under warranty with 7k miles left to go. Hopefully the drivers side bearings go bad now or hold out for a while longer...

Welp, glad you got your car fixed.

Now, do you want to tell us about the time you slid into that curb?



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humfrz

[Silverz]

You must have had some other issues like alignment problems, etc for that to happen so quickly.

I had one wheel bearing go bad in my last car and I did a u-turned and slid over to the other lane. No cars were around and no damage but scared me to death.

Originally Posted by rustymuffler

I finally got the car back from the dealership today and as it turns out, both the front and rear passenger side wheel bearings had gone bad. Covered under warranty with 7k miles left to go. Hopefully the drivers side bearings go bad now or hold out for a while longer...

[rustymuffler]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Welp, glad you got your car fixed.

Now, do you want to tell us about the time you slid into that curb?



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humfrz

I think the only curb that the passenger wheels would have seen is during parallel parking. But that only happens once in a blue moon.... I swear!

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by rustymuffler

I think the only curb that the passenger wheels would have seen is during parallel parking. But that only happens once in a blue moon.... I swear!

OK, I got the picture -


humfrz

[rustymuffler]

Originally Posted by Silverz

You must have had some other issues like alignment problems, etc for that to happen so quickly.

I had one wheel bearing go bad in my last car and I did a u-turned and slid over to the other lane. No cars were around and no damage but scared me to death.

I should have mentioned there’s 7k left in the 100k mile powertrain warranty, so I figure 93k miles out of them isn’t too bad.

you mean the wheel fell off? Sounds pretty scary, I’m glad you made it out ok!

[rustymuffler]

Originally Posted by humfrz

OK, I got the picture -


humfrz

So that’s how you get a Camry dent...

https://jalopnik.com/the-incredible-...ent-1785413530

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by rustymuffler

So that’s how you get a Camry dent...

https://jalopnik.com/the-incredible-...ent-1785413530

That's good. I've seen several, never knew they had a "name" -


humfrz

[Silverz]

Originally Posted by rustymuffler

I should have mentioned there’s 7k left in the 100k mile powertrain warranty, so I figure 93k miles out of them isn’t too bad.

you mean the wheel fell off? Sounds pretty scary, I’m glad you made it out ok!

No. The bad wheel bearing locked up so only one one front wheel turned and it was a rear wheel drive so the car slid over into the other lane.

Scared the crap out of me.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Silverz

No. The bad wheel bearing locked up so only one one front wheel turned and it was a rear wheel drive so the car slid over into the other lane.

Scared the crap out of me.

Not judging. I've learned my best lessons the hard way but didn't it make a heluva racket for a while before it got to that point? Do you have a loud exhaust or noisy tires?

[mswbrz]

Originally Posted by rustymuffler

I finally got the car back from the dealership today and as it turns out, both the front and rear passenger side wheel bearings had gone bad. Covered under warranty with 7k miles left to go. Hopefully the drivers side bearings go bad now or hold out for a while longer...

Do you have a camber that made them go bad ? Curious to know how they both went bad ?


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[ZionsWrath]

Originally Posted by rustymuffler

I should have mentioned there’s 7k left in the 100k mile powertrain warranty, so I figure 93k miles out of them isn’t too bad.

you mean the wheel fell off? Sounds pretty scary, I’m glad you made it out ok!

Do you have extended warranty? Didn't think wheel bearings were part of powertrain warranty?

[Silverz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Not judging. I've learned my best lessons the hard way but didn't it make a heluva racket for a while before it got to that point? Do you have a loud exhaust or noisy tires?

It wasn’t making the loud rumbling sound yet or I wasn’t paying attention. It was on my 350z which was a loud car and had a bad toe in alignment problem from the factory which I think caused the wheel bearing to go bad. Got two sets out free tires out of it because the dealer couldn’t get the alignment right.