Prius (2010-12) :: Started Making A Horrific Metallic Scraping Sound As The Front Wheel Turned?
Was about three blocks from home when the front of the car started making a horrific metallic scraping sound as the front wheel turned. I mean LOUD. Did a quick look for something stuck in the wheels somewhere but nothing. It's not like a branch stuck in the wheel sound, but scraping a shovel on a steel beam kind of sound. Braking seems to change the makeup of the sound, but did not stop it. Parked it in the garage.
I pulled the left wheel off, looked and looked, and looked. Nothing. Fear and sadness setting in. Everything looked normal....except....a faint line on the rotor very near the inside edge. Got a mirror and looked some more, and there, wedged on the inside edge of the pad's metal part and the rotor, was a rock the size of a bb. At most. Got a small screwdriver and hammer and popped it out. Done. Sheesh.
Seriously it was so loud it was amazing. So store in file folder for future reference if needed.
The line can be felt barely with a fingernail and is half the width of a pencil lead, and goes under the innermost 1/8" of the pad. I'm thinking do I want the dealer to pull and turn it, or is it going to affect my braking at all. Pretty much gonna leave it be I think.
Prius (2004-09) :: 2005 - CEL Started Blinking And Engine Shaking / Knocking
Driving home the other day I noticed some vibrations up front. Reminded me of out of balance wheels. Then the check engine light started blinking. Then it was on steady, then blink, then steady... Took it easy the rest of the way home. Code reader said P0138 Oxygen sensor circuit high voltage bank 1 sensor 2, and P0304 Cylinder 4 misfire detected. At home is where I saw the engine shaking and extra noise from it (visions of piston rod slapping around in there). Removed plugs (original? tough to get out!), compression tested all 4 cylinders (130 to 140), new spark plugs (had they been in there for 196K miles?). Start engine and same, shake shake with some extra noises that weren't there before (car just sitting in driveway).
View 6 RepliesPrius (2004-09) :: 2007 - Engine Started Making A Clicking Noise
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View 12 RepliesPrius (2004-09) :: Knocking Sound Coming From ICE And Found No Oil On The Dipstick
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View 8 RepliesPrius (2004-09) :: Knocking Sound When Turn Steering Wheel Quickly From Left To Right
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View 1 RepliesPrius (2004-09) :: 2005 - Steering Making Clunking Sound When Turning?
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View 2 RepliesAccent LC (2000-05) :: 2004 - Automatic Transmission All Of A Sudden Started Slipping While Driving
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Touareg :: Started Making Loud Rumbling Sound At Highway Speeds
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View 4 RepliesAudi - A4 :: 2007 - Rusty Brake Rotors Making Horrible Noise?
Last June I took my 2001 Audi A4 off the road since I bought a more fuel efficient commuter car but I wanted to keep the Audi in the family until my oldest son started driving. That day has come and I'm making the car drivable again. I pulled the battery over the winter and kept it on a Battery Tender. I put it back in over the weekend and the car started up up and runs just fine. The only problem is that the rotors are extremely rusted and make a horrific grinding noise. Is there anything I can do to remove this rust? I assume I can just grind it off with the brake pads but that can't be good for the brakes which, if I recall correctly, are fairly new.
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