V8V Groaning Noise from rear

[greyv8]

Hi all

On my 55 , 19k miles i have developed V8V Groaning Noise from rear at about 60mph.
Same noise whether in gear on in neutral. Tried driving with handbrake on a bit.
I'm guessing wheel bearing ? anyone else had this.

Andy

[Speedraser]

If it's a wheel bearing, it might get louder while driving through a curve.

Another thought: Are your tires original? With some miles, tires can get loud and sound a lot like a bad wheel bearing.

[Jay_Davis]

Perhaps remove your mother-in-law from the trunk??

[JohnG1]

Jay_Davis said:

Perhaps remove your mother-in-law from the trunk??

Can't be that - she would have found the glow-in-the-dark t-handle to open the boot from the inside by now...

[V8V Man]

I have an 06 V8 with 20k mile now, mine has been back to the dealer several times as I also have what I would describe as a wheel bearing noise at 45-55 MPH! Find an ice smooth piece of road and the noise is there, the dealer on the last visit was about to swap the wheels as part of the road test, when the engineer who was working on mine came back from another cars road test which had the same noise!

They came to the conclusion that it is an issue with the gearbox or final drive tolerance during manufacture that seems to affect 55/06 cars! Advice was that nothing could be done about it!

[greyv8]

That would make it very hard to sell ! Mines only just started. Tyres still look like new. Hard to tell which side it is while your driving.
Only other things are the DSC service is always lit, and traction control is definatly not working at the moment and I occasionally get emergency brake failure warning but it goes away.
I wish there was a way of clearng the warning messages so I could see the speed and fuel level easier, in my Porsche you can just clear them until you start up again.
I'll get it booked in next week, needs a service anyway.

Thanks
- And for the mother-in-law joke ! - not bad.
Andy

[rick-derby-]

press read on the main console, this will cycle the messages allowing you to clear the warnings, if you have the noise and the dsc it suggests that there is play/movement in one of the wheel bearings affecting one of the ABS sensors, if this is the case than it could be potentially dangerous,

[greyv8]

I hear you Rick. I'd better get on the phone to you and book myself in.

Thanks
Andy