For the past month ago, I've notice a very annoying high pitched squealing sound coming from the driver's side of the car when rolling from about 10-30mph. After about 30mph, either the squeal goes away or (more likely) just gets so fast that it blends in with engine and road noise.
The noise increases as speed increases, does it whether I'm braking or not, and does it when the transmission is in drive and in neutral. It is still there whether the vehicle is cold or hot. Sometimes I'll start the car and drive off and it won't do it for the duration of the trip, but most of the time it does.
It sort of sounds like "squeee squeeqsquee squeeeeee squeeee squeeesqueesqueee
the entire time the damn thing is rolling.
I thought I might have a warped warped rotor or something, and the brakes needed to be done anyway, so I replaced brake pads and had the rotors turned today, but the noise is still there.
Any ideas? It's loud enough to be irritating and embarrassing.
when that crap happened to me, I had to fill the PS fluid once a week as often as gas....it sucked...
It wont squeal in Neutral as the system isn't moving. When you move it makes the pump work. Mine developed a leak around the pump and the high pressure hose gave out soon after. Replaced it with new one and had no problems afterwards. Its not really a pain in the ass to replace, just remember once you get it all replaced, its VERY IMPORTANT to cycle the fluid...IE lift the front axle off the ground and turn the wheel to the left and right all the way at least 20 times to cycle the fluid and remove any air. Everything else is easy. Rent a PS pulley remover at auto zone and save the $20 buying one. good luck.
You should contact 00RedRT on here, he is has the most problems with PS systems in his truck and knows them inside and out.
So even if I'm at a stop and turning the wheels back and forth, it won't squeal?
God, that's weird. I would have never even considered power steering.
I wish I could just pull the power steering belt off the pump and run it and see if that fixes like I can on my 84 Ramcharger. Damn serpentine belts :rant:
Wheel bearings will usually create more of a roar than a squeal. Also, the roar from whell bearings will only fade/increase as load is increases or decreased.
It's likely either the serpentine belt (they tend to squeal when needing to be replaced) or the power steering pump needs to be replaced. That's my best guess after reading your symptoms.
my truck has a squeak on the left side from the brakes. Its the clip hitting the rotor and making the most annoying sound ever!! :cussing: I need to go to dodge to get a new clip when ever i have time.
Well, the squealing gets louder the faster you go, but it doesn't really sound like it necessary does it every revolution of a wheel. If it makes sense, it's more of a SquuEEEEEeeeEEeEeeeeeEEEEEEeeeeEEEEEEeee constant thing, instead of squee.....squee.....squee.....squee.....
I know I sound retarded, but damn this is irritating. It's so weird in that it won't do it sometimes! I could drive 15 minutes without it doing it, but once it starts it continues doing it the whole time I'm in the car and moving. What's bad is that pedestrians are starting to stop and stare, it's pretty loud.
I'm going to jack it back up tomorrow and look underneath again. How difficult are the u-joints to replace in this thing? In my old Ramcharger I just used 2 sockets and a C-clamp, and it took about 15 minutes.
Does it ONLY make the noise when the truck is moving? If it starts to make the noise and you come to a stop does the noise go away? Also, if stopped and you rev the engine do you here the noise?
What I'm getting at is if it only makes the noise when moving then it's likely a rotor/hub/u-joint type issue. If it makes the noise when parked, then you can rule out those problems and lean more towards the belt or belt driven accessories.
Does it ONLY make the noise when the truck is moving? If it starts to make the noise and you come to a stop does the noise go away? Also, if stopped and you rev the engine do you here the noise?
From what dannyac said it sure sounds like a drive line squeek.
U-joints were not too bad in my truck, my dad's done enough in his life and he did them on my truck just 2 weeks ago. The squeek mine made was a per revolution of the tire and as soon as I got my dad to listen to it he said it was a u-joint squeek. I ended up replacing all the u-joints, front and back.
I'm not positive as to the correct procedure to check them, some of the guys who know exactly what they're talking about should chime in, but i think if the u-joints are pretty shot you can feel play in them if you move the driveshafts.
Does it ONLY make the noise when the truck is moving? If it starts to make the noise and you come to a stop does the noise go away? Also, if stopped and you rev the engine do you here the noise?
What I'm getting at is if it only makes the noise when moving then it's likely a rotor/hub/u-joint type issue. If it makes the noise when parked, then you can rule out those problems and lean more towards the belt or belt driven accessories.
Yes, when I slow down the sound slows down progressively with the speed of the truck, and goes away completely when I come to a stop - it only makes the noise when the truck is moving. It doesn't matter if it's 2wd or 4wd, or if the transmission is in drive or in neutral. I can pop it into neutral at 30mph while it's squealing and the sound is still happening. I put new pads, and turned rotors on last weekend, but that wasn't the problem. Everything in the brake system SEEMS to be fine - it stops well, no squeaky brakes, no pulling to one side, no jerky braking.
If you rev the motor in neutral (either while rolling or at a stop), there is no squealing at all, which kind of rules out the serpentine belt possibility.
I inspected everything while I was down there, the boots on the steering knuckle and the CV joints are all intact and not cracked or whatever, and there's no obvious sign of wear on anything.
I DID notice that when turning the front driver's side wheel even in 2wd that the front driveshaft is always spinning, but I kind of figured that that's how the central axle disconnect stuff in the 4wd system works. Give me a Dana44 and manual hubs any day
From what dannyac said it sure sounds like a drive line squeek.
U-joints were not too bad in my truck, my dad's done enough in his life and he did them on my truck just 2 weeks ago. The squeek mine made was a per revolution of the tire and as soon as I got my dad to listen to it he said it was a u-joint squeek. I ended up replacing all the u-joints, front and back.
I'm not positive as to the correct procedure to check them, some of the guys who know exactly what they're talking about should chime in, but i think if the u-joints are pretty shot you can feel play in them if you move the driveshafts.
This sounds promising - with 102k on the original u-joints, it may be time to replace them.
U-joints are about the only thing I can think of - the brakes are fresh, the wheel bearings are probably not the suspect, it's not a transmission or engine noise, and it's pretty obviously driveline related. Leaves u-joints or diffs, really, and I doubt the rear differential is the one that's squeaking at me.
U-joints are $11/ea at Advance - it's a cheap way to be sure, anyway. Hope it's as easy as on my Ramcharger.
Sounds like your engine is fucked. I would just assume thats its probally going to blow up...that way if anything happens you wont be dissapointed.
J/K! :twothumb:
Haha, I've blown up a few engines in my day, the sound of any lower-end noise makes me want to shit myself
I checked the u-joints, there is no play in them at all, sort of eliminating that.
I did find out something interesting today: sometimes, if I switch into 4-Hi, the sound goes away. As soon as I flip back into 2wd, it comes back.
Could the transfer case be low on fluid? Any more ideas? I'm not entirely sure how the transfer case in these trucks work
Edit: ALSO, the sound either disappears completely or lightens up extremely when I turn right. When I turn the wheel left, it gets a little louder?
Wheel bearings?
Agh, I hate to take it somewhere because it's one of those problems that will do it all the time for me, but disappear as soon as a tech steps foot in the car. Also, I have enough experience to pretty much work on anything ON this truck aside from engine/transmission work. Damnit. It's just tracking it down to the real problem!
Well, I figured out what the problem was - front driveshaft u-joints, in the CV portion of the shaft. I'm going to pull it out this weekend and see what's what.
Here's an excellent writeup for Jeep TJs on how to overhaul the front driveshaft. While the shafts are a little different between the Durango and the TJ, the double cardan CV joint is the same.
Im curious.. did the squeaking ever stop? I've had this problem since I bought my dakota a few months ago. The first few weeks no squeak..then off and on.. then permanent. Now, it's still pretty constant with the exception of it randomly stopping for 10-15 minutes after I start it, then it's back. Some days its louder than others, some days it doesn't squeak at all. I've replaced the belt, cleaned the shit out of all the pulleys, and it worked temporarily (1hr or so) then back to the squeak.
From what I've read it's pretty much the same squeak as yours. It goes from a low pitch to high pitch repeatedly. It does squeak while the engine is idling. I'm pretty positive it's NOT a belt problem which was my first and only guess.
Also.. it seems like it gets even worse when the truck gets wet or when its humid outside. It's a really embarrassing squeak. :rant:
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