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Anonymous Posted on Sep 14, 2009

Low growling noise in front end

This noise has recently developed . More noticable at high speed.No vibs. at 100 km/ hr There is only 73000 km on the car all by the origional driver (me) The tires are Michelin with approx 20000 km traveled and have not been rotated.

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    jeep wont accelerate past 100 km/hr

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Typically, this sounds like a wheel bearing. To test, the noise can often be altered by accellerating /decelerating, and more evident by turning the vehicle.

The truning process is to put load on one side, then the other. if the right side has a damaged bearing, for example, the noise would be noticibly altered (less in this case) when turning to the right. Load would be slightly less. Testing speed in the area of 25 to 35 mph.

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