2005 Buick Rendezvous My buick is making humming noise...

2005 BUICK RENDEZVOUS
66,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • MANUAL
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CARTROUBLE321
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Hello, I have a buick rendezvous and I love my car. It serves me well and also still runs very good. However these past months it has been making a loud humming noise when I dirve. When I come to a complete stop, the noise goes away. this noise doesn' t seem to affect the performance of the car, but is very annoying and noticeable--so noticable, I have to turn on the radio to drown it out. What coukd this be??? Is it serious?? Is it ball joint/tire rod related??? Please Help..

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Carla Richardson
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Oct 26, 2009 at 6:48 PM
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MERLIN2021
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Humming/whinning noise is normally a bad hub bearing, if you try this test with the radio off, drive straight down the road, quickly snap the wheel right then left, if it is a hub bearing the noise will diminish on the opposite wheel from the direction of the quick snap, ie, right snap and a quiting of the noise would be the left bearing...
Oct 26, 2009 at 7:09 PM
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