C6Tally

So I just got this 2010 base vert last week and everything seems to be working fine.
But.....
I keep hearing a clicking sound from the front driver side when I turn left. It sounds similar to the old cv axles when the boot would go bad on a front wheel drive car but a little less exaggerated.

The previous owner said it had never been hit and it has a clean carfax history, alignment is fine and there's no other symptoms I can find currently.

What would cause this?

Dave S

Could be a wheel bearing going bad. Try jacking the left front....then spin the wheel by hand & have a helper turn the steering full left & right.....might help to pinpoint the noise although there may need to be load on the suspension to cause the noise. If it happens at very low speed, you could get a helper to walk alongside & try to hear where the noise is coming from.

dpigguy

C6Tally

Did you just clean both surfaces with brake cleaner?

dpigguy

C6Tally

Ironic twist today.

I drove through a pretty good rain storm on the way home from work tonight and the sound seems to have gone away.
If it remains gone through the weekend I'll report back that it must've gotten a good rinse in the rain.
If it comes back, I'll try cleaning the surfaces and get back to you afterwards.

Thanks again for your input.

z06clif

Might have been a pebble or a nail head stuck in between the thread . Keep an eye out for a slow leak. Its happened to me. A slow unexplained loss of tire pressure when the nail head wears off

Clif

cmonkey713

Very possible. Rocks will sometimes generate unusual noises which can mimic wheel bearing or brake pad issues. I would remove the wheel and look at everything just to make sure.

C6Tally

The noise is still gone 150 miles later.

I took a good look this weekend and didn't see anything remarkable.

I think whatever it was, it was rinsed out by driving through the rainstorm.

Thanks again to everybody for chiming in.