Right front wheel started with a faint cyclic clicking sound in tight right turns. This was roughly at 40k miles when less than 2 years old. It was very faint at first, and repair shop could find nothing wrong, though they could hear the clicking sound. It was suggested it might be a "wheel stop" noise and not a failure.
Now it is 2021, the car is 3 years old and has 64k miles. The clicking has slowly turned into a grinding popping in the right front wheel in right turns, sometimes clicks while going straight, and I'm pretty sure I heard a faint clicking in the left front wheel during a turn last week.
Took car to dealership for recall work (2 recalls), and had them look at the front drive-train. When I explained the noise they said it was probably the axle, which tells me they have seen it enough to suspect that problem right off the bat. They just called and confirmed it is the axle, and as part of the drive-train it is not covered past 60k miles. So $600 to fix one axle... and this car has the same crap axle on all 4 wheels. Four chances for failure... at $600 a pop, not under warranty. This is just wrong. This was supposed to be my retirement vehicle, dependable, fuel efficient, and low-maintenance... instead I am looking at potential axle failure every 30-60k miles?? Should've bought a Toyota.
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Right front wheel started with a faint cyclic clicking sound in tight right turns. This was roughly at 40k miles when less than 2 years old. It was very faint at first, and repair shop could find nothing wrong, though they could hear the clicking sound. It was suggested it might be a "wheel stop" noise and not a failure.
Now it is 2021, the car is 3 years old and has 64k miles. The clicking has slowly turned into a grinding popping in the right front wheel in right turns, sometimes clicks while going straight, and I'm pretty sure I heard a faint clicking in the left front wheel during a turn last week.
Took car to dealership for recall work (2 recalls), and had them look at the front drive-train. When I explained the noise they said it was probably the axle, which tells me they have seen it enough to suspect that problem right off the bat. They just called and confirmed it is the axle, and as part of the drive-train it is not covered past 60k miles. So $600 to fix one axle... and this car has the same crap axle on all 4 wheels. Four chances for failure... at $600 a pop, not under warranty. This is just wrong. This was supposed to be my retirement vehicle, dependable, fuel efficient, and low-maintenance... instead I am looking at potential axle failure every 30-60k miles?? Should've bought a Toyota.
- Sara P., Woodlawn, US