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1996 Ford Taurus Sounded like flat

Tiny
PBISHOP600
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  • 1996 FORD TAURUS
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 200,000 MILES
On my way home from work Monday night I had what sounded like a flat tire, when I got out and looked at tires, there was no flat. The next morning I took it to a tire shop and they said the wheel bearing had to be fixed but it would be okay to drive back and forth to work till Friday when I could bring it in. So after work that day, I had a completely flat tire. Is the wheel bearing really the problem, or was it a bad tire. How could it not be flat and then suddenly be flat after work? The sound it was making while driving sounded just like the sound you hear when driving on a flat tire. No groaning or squeaking sound.
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 AT 9:27 AM

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Tiny
BILLYMAC
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WOW this is a tough one!
I am going to have to say you may have a bad bearing, but not the noise you heard mostlikely what you heard was a broken belt on a tire and eventually went flat.

You gotta replace the tire anyway if noise you are concerned about is gone. Prob solved
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 AT 8:21 PM
Tiny
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Just replaced it and no more sound. Thanks for the reply.
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 AT 10:43 PM

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