My daughter's 2003 Protege LX is making a grinding noise, like a plastic fender liner rubbing on a tire, but there's no evidence of that. It happens at pretty much any speed and gets louder the faster you go. It doesn't make the noise when turning right or going straight, but any slight turn of the wheel to the left and the noise starts.
Here's a video:
My thought was wheel bearing, but the sound does not match the sounds in other "bad wheel bearing" videos. However, after that short drive in the video, I placed my hand on each wheel center to check temperature and the LF was rather warm while the other three were cool to the touch.
CV joint boots are all fine, tie rod ends are tight. No shaking or vibrations except when the noise happens, you can feel that vibration in the wheel. Car runs and drives great otherwise.
Thoughts?
Here's a video:
My thought was wheel bearing, but the sound does not match the sounds in other "bad wheel bearing" videos. However, after that short drive in the video, I placed my hand on each wheel center to check temperature and the LF was rather warm while the other three were cool to the touch.
CV joint boots are all fine, tie rod ends are tight. No shaking or vibrations except when the noise happens, you can feel that vibration in the wheel. Car runs and drives great otherwise.
Thoughts?