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I just picked up the box a couple of weeks ago and have <300 miles on it.

I noticed a hum noise a couple of times in the first few days. It did it at low speed generally starting cold and going down an incline. It was only a couple of times, and seemed to go away.

I left it sitting for a week while I was traveling and just got back. Took it for a drive today and it is making a horrible whine / hum from the front at low speeds.

The noise is independent of engine speed, and also doesn't go away when I press the brakes... the only thing that I can think (since it seems independent of the brakes and the engine) is that it is some sort of bearing.

Has anyone had a similar problem?

It's so bad I don't even want to drive the damn thing. It's one thing to drive a car that gets noticed for its looks, quite another to drive one that gets noticed because it sounds like something vital is about to fall out of it.

-Justin

 

hmmmm....never heard this particular problem.....go to dealer!!!!

 

Actually, I think it may have been brakes. Possibly from the weak break-in recommendation in the Scion manual that would never get the brake pads uo to temperature.

I just took the box to a local industrial park and did a series of 40 - 5 mph hard braking runs. Noise didn't happen on the way home. It seems worse when the car is cold, so I'm letting it rest for a little while until I try again.

I don't want anyone to hear the noise from this thing and think the box is a piece of crap... especially after I've talked the car up so much to everyone I know.

-Justin

 

Still making the noise.

Funny how something like a constant loud whine from the car at all speeds can make me go from loving the car to hating absolutely everything about it... if you can't drive the thing, its basically a 5 foot tall pile of japanese crap in the driveway.

-Justin

 

do you have an intake...

 

No. Car is completely stock.

It's not like the 'honk' of an intake under throttle. I could live with that sound. This is just a very non-automotive sound that is just loud, annoying and embarassing.

Sound somewhat like a bad belt squeel, but it's independent of engine speed so that can't be it.

-Justin

 

You got me stumped.
Take it to the dealer, thats why you have the warranty.

I have not had any unexplainable noises from my xB.

 

+1

 

how loud is this hum or whine that you are talking about ... my car produces a slight whistling type sound... when its in gear... but not in neutral... i've been wondering what the heck that is.

is yours auto tranny? do it only make the niose when its in motion? I can only really notice mine if i'm stopped...

 

I am taking it to the dealer... it's just that I had a major run-around from the Honda dealer when I had a strange sound from my Civic. They were helpful enough, but if I had gone in at the first visit with evidence of other people with the same symptom and the known cause, it would have saved me a ton of time.

I was hoping this was something that may be kind of common.

I guess not.

-Justin

 

It is a whistling / whine type sound. I will have to try knocking it into neutral, but it seems to make the noise in just about every gear, and with the clutch pedal depressed.

-Justin

 

I usually get my hums at high speeds....but she doesn't whine about it.

 

Nice.

If you can't be helpful, at least be funny. ;)

-Justin

 

That's my credo........lol

 

I can see how something like this would ruin the new car experience. Goodluck at the dealer.

 

I would not voluntarily drive any car making this noise, new or used. It's a horrible loud sound audible from outide the car. This thing's parked until I have a chance to take it to the dealer.

I should stick to buying old junkers... that way I'm expecting embarassing noises. ;)

-Justin

 

I just wanted to see if maybe a long highway run would help things. I don't do much highway driving, but used this as a chance to make a run to Mohegan sun.

The whine is still there.

-Justin

 

Two thoughts.... wheel bearing. go to dealer.

 

I think it's brake related. I will be bringing it to the dealer tomorrow.

It seems to only happen when the brakes are cool. Heating them up will make the noise go away for a while... and it will come back when they cool again.

Are there known problems with the wheel bearings of these things?

-Justin

 

They might recoomend you see them again when you have reached the recommended break in period - about 900 to 1000 miles. thats all i can help you with.