Noise from the drivers side front wheel hub assembly

[MarioCart]

It's your front driveshaft. Just had the dealer replace mine. Noise I heard was a "swish swish swish" - 1x per wheel revolution - at low speeds with the driver's window down.

Does it happen with the engine off? (you'll have to test by rolling down a hill)

what made the swish swish?

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[Justin says...]

what made the swish swish?

The bad front driveshaft. I cant be more specific than that since that's all the dealer told me was wrong.

 

[ChiefQM]

After two and a half days of sitting at the dealership, I got a call from the service manager telling me they couldn't duplicate the problem. They did drive it about 20 miles trying, so I can't fault that. I picked it up and it's not making the noise now. Who knows what it was. I told them if the wheel fell off I'd have it towed in...

 

[ChiefQM]

The dealer had my truck for three days before calling to tell me they could not duplicate the issue. Seriously?!? As loud as it was, they couldn't find it?? The service manager drove it (I checked the mileage, there was twenty miles more on the clock when I picked it up than when I dropped it off) but the noise was gone. No charge, and whatever they unknowingly did apparently fixed it. I told them as I picked it up that if the wheel fell off, I'd tow it back in.

 

[Jason B]

When I had a wheel bearing fail on my 89 Ranger, it gave me initial indications as a rumble.
It deteriorated fairly fast and would lock up the wheel in slippery conditions. Not fun on an icy highway.
The side effect as it broke down was the anti lock brake sensor grinding away at the ring and it added other noises obviously.
Immediately the shop denied warranty for "4x4 in deep water" when in fact I had never been off road with it.
you can do some sleuthing fairly easy in your driveway as some have mentioned. Do that before you go to a dealer. They might not be fair on their assessment

On my '99 and many vehicles, an ABS warning light was almost always a sign a bearing was going out due to the fact that the ABS tone ring was part of the bearing assy.

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