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Originally Posted by wrs986
I do have one question, how dangerous is it to drive if the sound is so intermittent and it goes from no sound to the horrible squealing sound? I’d like it be be doing it when I take it to the shop.
I got to think if the bearing is compromised it should get hot and eventually come apart.
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If it is the wheel bearing, and there's no play in the wheel, it sounds like it's in the VERY early stage of failing. I've driven daily with bad wheel bearings for months after I first noticed any noise, and it was making constant noise. Like Blue62 said, they generally don't come apart. They CAN come apart, but if they do, they have to get pretty bad before they go.. If I were you I'd first check for a pebble. If there's no pebble I'd keep driving it until the noise becomes more predictable before taking it to a mechanic.
This is a funny vid. I've never seen wheel bearing so bad that a driver in a DIFFERENT car can hear it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lzd0gTwreQ
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