Front wheels squeaking - not brakes

scx89 · 12-13-2012, 09:08 PM

I was driving home today and all of a sudden I heard like a metal clang sound and then my car starts squealing. It sounds like metal dragging on metal. It's a nasty screeching noise.

I isolated the noise to the front wheels and it's not transmission or engine either. I rolled the car in neutral and the wheels kept screeching.

This is a 2011 WRX sedan with approx 20k miles. Will be going to service tomorrow to get everything checked out.

What should I be checking?

I'm thinking it's a rock stuck between the brakes and the rotor... hopefully. But what else could it possibly be?

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855T · 12-13-2012, 09:20 PM

Probably just a rock. I had that happen, but a mile or so later I heard it pop out and all was back to normal.

INKMAN · 12-13-2012, 10:28 PM

Yep, sounds like a rock to me too. I had one in there so stuck one time that I couldn't even get it out by bending the shield so I just did up to a 3rd gear pull and it it shot out like a bullet. The noise when it came out was like something out of a movie.

It could also be the shield itself hitting the rotor. This happened to me the first day I bought the car. I had to pull over and push it back with a pen.

Loyale93 · 12-13-2012, 11:09 PM

Have you put the car in reverse? I had that happen to me once. Scared the crap out of me, backed into a parking space to look for it. Couldn't find anything. drove away and it was nothing. Driving in reverse dislodged the tiny rock that was stuck.

scx89 · 12-14-2012, 01:34 AM

it was a rock I think

I checked everywhere and looked at all the possible broken things but none of it matched up.
Then i drove it around all scared until I heard a long ping and it disappeared haha

damn rocks! stressed the hell out of me. drove for 10 years and never had that crap happen before

12-13-2012, 09:08 PM	#1
scx89 Scooby Specialist Member#: 269388 Join Date: Jan 2011 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: SoCal SD / LA Vehicle: 2011 Impreza WRX obp	Front wheels squeaking - not brakes I was driving home today and all of a sudden I heard like a metal clang sound and then my car starts squealing. It sounds like metal dragging on metal. It's a nasty screeching noise. I isolated the noise to the front wheels and it's not transmission or engine either. I rolled the car in neutral and the wheels kept screeching. This is a 2011 WRX sedan with approx 20k miles. Will be going to service tomorrow to get everything checked out. What should I be checking? I'm thinking it's a rock stuck between the brakes and the rotor... hopefully. But what else could it possibly be? * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

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12-13-2012, 09:20 PM	#2
855T Scooby Newbie Member#: 246628 Join Date: May 2010 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: Venice, CA Vehicle: 2010 Impreza WRX WRB	Probably just a rock. I had that happen, but a mile or so later I heard it pop out and all was back to normal.

12-13-2012, 10:28 PM	#3
INKMAN Scooby Specialist Member#: 267837 Join Date: Dec 2010 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: NY Vehicle: 2011 WRX GR Lightning Red	Yep, sounds like a rock to me too. I had one in there so stuck one time that I couldn't even get it out by bending the shield so I just did up to a 3rd gear pull and it it shot out like a bullet. The noise when it came out was like something out of a movie. It could also be the shield itself hitting the rotor. This happened to me the first day I bought the car. I had to pull over and push it back with a pen.

12-13-2012, 11:09 PM	#4
Loyale93 Scooby Specialist Member#: 91347 Join Date: Jul 2005 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: Medford, MA Vehicle: '13 XV Crosstrek, 1050 Triumph Speed Triple	Have you put the car in reverse? I had that happen to me once. Scared the crap out of me, backed into a parking space to look for it. Couldn't find anything. drove away and it was nothing. Driving in reverse dislodged the tiny rock that was stuck.

12-14-2012, 01:34 AM	#5
scx89 Scooby Specialist Member#: 269388 Join Date: Jan 2011 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: SoCal SD / LA Vehicle: 2011 Impreza WRX obp	it was a rock I think I checked everywhere and looked at all the possible broken things but none of it matched up. Then i drove it around all scared until I heard a long ping and it disappeared haha damn rocks! stressed the hell out of me. drove for 10 years and never had that crap happen before