are u sure it's not just your exhaust pinging?

is it the same type of pinging u get when u shut your car off and walk away from it on a cold day?

 

I was driving around today inside a parking garage to see if I could hear the noise from outside the car, no luck. Seems I can only hear it coming from the inside.

Also, Its defiantly not the exhaust cooling off. I drove around for aboout an hour (separate incident) then sat outside in the cold, cold air on Saturday and didn't hear it then either.

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GWord256, have you found the problem? I'm having the same issue and think it's the rear wheel bearing...

 

This thread is a year and a half old. Doubt Gword will respond, but maybe someone else will.

 

When I posted I saw that he was online...

 

When I got it back from Infiniti they made it sound as if there was a loose or rattling body panel. I didn't inquire as to what they did exactly but that particular noise disappeared. It wasn't the rear axle/bearing problem these cars have had. I really can't give any more details because I must have gotten it fixed over a year ago now.

Now I live in a area with very textured roads that make a lot of road noise. However, when I drive around on the concrete highways in the area I don't hear it so I'm satisfied.

 

I know I'm bringing back an old thread, but I've got a similar problem. It's coming from the front passenger side wheel area. Its a clanking noise only at low speeds under 10mph. Once i speed up the noise is gone.

 

Try to listen for it when you are turing hard left or right (at any speed) which could mean a CV-joint is going bad (if AWD).

If it increases with speed and repeats it could be a wheel bearing but that should get worse with speed. Try to turn the wheel left/right by pushing/pulling on the tire. It shouldn't turn at all.

Check the tire tread for a stone. That noise starts to drown out at increasing speeds.

 

Damn, I got pwned!!

 

For me, it ended up being my tpms, it had broken off and was rolling around the tire.

 

Ever since that noise started for you, has your Tire Pressure Light been on?

 

Well I have the tpms mounted on my volks, but I never got them reprogrammed, so the light has always gone on and off. I'm just assuming it broke off on a bad install since I got new tires a couple weeks ago.