What are the symptoms of wheel bearings going bad?

1999 FORD TAURUS
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What are the symptoms of wheel bearings going bad? What are consequences of not replacing them right away?
Jan 4, 2011 at 6:45 PM
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You will start to hear a growling noise. This is the first sign and should not be put off very long at all.

The way to be sure is when you swerve from side to side on the road the noise will get quieter on the side that you are loading and that is the wheel bearing that is failing.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/vehicle-grinding-noise

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/whirring-sound

I am attaching the process below from the manual on how to test and replace the wheel bearings.

Please let us know if you have other questions. Thanks
Dec 9, 2021 at 12:34 PM