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Originally Posted by Organic-Price1060
There's a squealing noise when I brake at a certain level while reversing. It's only when reversing and only squeals at a certain range of brake pedal pressed and at a certain (low) speed. No noise while going forward and braking. There's also a noise of some metal rubbing (circular motion, fairly certain somewhere from the wheels) which I can only hear when the windows are down and there's something on the side of the road to reflect the noise, like barricading.
Yesterday, I noticed if I am going on the highway over 100kmph, there was vibration in the vehicle in general, not specifically the steering wheel or anything and also at some point, I had to focus more to keep the car in the same lane, hard to explain. I wouldn't say that it was dragging to any particular direction but someone mentioned "it's like it has a mind of it's own" in terms of direction.
I think it could be the wheel bearing, or the other possibility from my research is the rotors. I would say that the noise was there since a few months and I did check for dust or anything visible between the brake pads and rotors but saw nothing out of place.
Any idea or anything that I can do myself to pinpoint the issue here?
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What you are describing in those sentences is a typical wheel bearing about to go out. Considering your vehicle is a 2015 and I'm assuming you're well over 60K miles (100K KM), this would be a normal maintenance item, not normal per se, but something that does come up over time. Squeaking on the brakes while reversing could mean your parking brake is also about to go out.
Faulty wheel bearings will steer your car in either direction even when your steering wheel might be straight. Vibrations can also mean, even if the steering is straight, that your wheels are out of balance also.
Refrain from doing long drives or high speeds and take it to your local shop.