Wheel noise-left wheel. 4-wheel drive-2000 Kia Sportage.

yes unplug sensor with 2 prongs

1. Raise and support vehicle.
2. Set parking brake and remove wheel nuts and remove wheel.
3. Using an impact driver, remove the retaining screws from the brake drum.
4. Release parking brake and remove brake drum.

ALL NEW VECHICLE HAS ABS BRAKES SYSTEM.IF YOU HAVE 4WD DRIVE LOOK UNDERNEATH VECHICLE IF YOU SEE 2 DRIVE SHAFTS FRONT DRIVE SHAFT REAR DRIVE SHAFT YOU WILL HAVE 2 DIFFERENTIALS AND YOU WILL HAVE 4WD CONTROL SWITCH DASH OR CONSOLE.

Check front wheels there is 2 pipes going to the wheels 1 is for brake fluid to the callepers and the other one is for vacume suction to ingage or dis ingage the free wheel function 99% of the time this pipe is leaking or it is broken. enjoy !! Willem SA

there are vacum line one on each side behide the wheels see if they are broke or leaking i had the same problem

yes they are similar. you would have to pull the tank out to fix this problem

On small shift behinde gear lever there is 3 settings. H4 = 4 wheel drive high range, L4 = 4 wheel drive low range, h2 = 2 wheel drive high range. as soon as jou engage to 4 wheel drive a green light on the dash board will appear to indicate that the car is in 4 wheel drive. if not check fuse - check air pipes at front wheels. Enjoy Willem Sa

Sounds like the rf hub and bearing assy has had an internal failure. Take it to a local shop and they should be able to confirm.

If you haven't been told, if you have vaccum hubs ,the seals start to leak and dirt gets inside and wears more on them. Eventually they leak so bad they won't engage. The best solution I found was to replace the hubs with manual lockouts for about 150 bucks. it works every time now.
Bryan

hi there, there are two ways to check your bearings, 1, is to jack up the vehicle so the wheel is free of the ground and to check for any play or roughness in the bearing by spinning the wheel, if the bearing is worn then you will hear a droning noise, 2 is to drive along a quiet road, at a speed where you can hear the noise, gently turn the steering from left to right so the vehile load is being shifted from one side to the other, if you have a wheel bearing fault the noise's pitch will alter,hope this helps