(sorry for this re-post due to fat fingering the first title)
In the For What it's Worth column, maybe my experience will help someone.
I recently bought a '06 EX-L with 42K miles - eventually I began to hear a gentle humming noise in the rear, especially noticible on a real smooth and quiet road, and I still don't know if it was there all along or it developed after I bought it.
This car had nearly new OEM Michelin LX4 tires, which in this Forum have had some pretty poor reviews due not only to noise but wear and winter performance too. I took my Ody to the local dealer where the Service Intake Advisor and I drove it and he said in his opinion it was indeed tires. This dealer recently stopped recommending Yokohama's and now recommend Cooper CS4's for Odys. But, I bought a set of Goodyear ComforTreds elsewhere instead, and the noise was still there. I took it back to the local Honda dealer where one of their ASE Service Technicians drove it and inspected it and confirmed that is was one of the rear wheel bearings. For my certified Ody they changed out both rear wheel bearings. Yes, it did fix the noise. Plus, I now have an 80K set of tires I hope hold up, instead of the OEM Michelin LX4
The Goodyears are nice and quiet, seem round so far, feel good on bumps, etc, but I've only had them a few hundred miles. I would have bought the Coopers but my dealer, who sold both, said Cooper was in financial trouble and could go under. !! BS?
So, the main thing I learned here was that these particular Ody rear wheel bearings sure didn't sound like typical failing wheel bearings - they made a kind of low-intensity hum, a lot like a snow tire might make if on the rear. No change in hum on a curve in either direction either - which if it happened would be a typical wheel bearing syptom. My Service Advisor said there has been trouble with these bearings, so Honda extended their warranty on them to 4 or 5 years or 60K miles for all owners, FYI.
Anyway, maybe this will help someone - got a rear hum, it might not be tires but might be a rear wheel bearing.
hhc123
Michigan
2006 Ody Slate Green EX-L, olive, with RES, no Nav
1999 Ody I can't part with - zero tranny trouble yet at 195K miles, very regular flushes
In the For What it's Worth column, maybe my experience will help someone.
I recently bought a '06 EX-L with 42K miles - eventually I began to hear a gentle humming noise in the rear, especially noticible on a real smooth and quiet road, and I still don't know if it was there all along or it developed after I bought it.
This car had nearly new OEM Michelin LX4 tires, which in this Forum have had some pretty poor reviews due not only to noise but wear and winter performance too. I took my Ody to the local dealer where the Service Intake Advisor and I drove it and he said in his opinion it was indeed tires. This dealer recently stopped recommending Yokohama's and now recommend Cooper CS4's for Odys. But, I bought a set of Goodyear ComforTreds elsewhere instead, and the noise was still there. I took it back to the local Honda dealer where one of their ASE Service Technicians drove it and inspected it and confirmed that is was one of the rear wheel bearings. For my certified Ody they changed out both rear wheel bearings. Yes, it did fix the noise. Plus, I now have an 80K set of tires I hope hold up, instead of the OEM Michelin LX4
The Goodyears are nice and quiet, seem round so far, feel good on bumps, etc, but I've only had them a few hundred miles. I would have bought the Coopers but my dealer, who sold both, said Cooper was in financial trouble and could go under. !! BS?
So, the main thing I learned here was that these particular Ody rear wheel bearings sure didn't sound like typical failing wheel bearings - they made a kind of low-intensity hum, a lot like a snow tire might make if on the rear. No change in hum on a curve in either direction either - which if it happened would be a typical wheel bearing syptom. My Service Advisor said there has been trouble with these bearings, so Honda extended their warranty on them to 4 or 5 years or 60K miles for all owners, FYI.
Anyway, maybe this will help someone - got a rear hum, it might not be tires but might be a rear wheel bearing.
hhc123
Michigan
2006 Ody Slate Green EX-L, olive, with RES, no Nav
1999 Ody I can't part with - zero tranny trouble yet at 195K miles, very regular flushes