1 year after purchasing a new F150
02-26-2015, 06:17 PM
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Yes, that is very true, but there is other "stuff" in the car other than engine.
So I took the car for inspection and emission and did the tire rotation, engine oil and its filter change at Ford dealer. I explained all the above issues I have mentioned here. I actually saw the tech guy taking it out for a test in the near highway. Well, they came back and said there's nothing wrong with the car. They did regular checkup for whatever can be done for around 10K miles vehicle and said that all checks came back negative for any of my complaints and the IWEs were in good shape with no issues. The service guy suggested that on this type of weather some noise may come up from Anti-lock brakes
I drove to work today and the humming noise happened again. Of course snowed and iced all night last night here in PA where I'm at. I noticed this other fact that the humming noise became apparent once I made a right turn and I was going about 8mile/hour speed without even hitting the brakes. I was driving in 2WD.
This noise is killing me and I don't know what's causing it. I keep braking and turning just to see if that will happen... Will wait for the temperature to go above 40F at least and see if that makes any difference, but then again that's when you need this kind of car for this kind of weather... I'm confused.
Not sure what else I can try, any suggestions?
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03-02-2015, 04:21 PM
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see if you can figure out which side the hum is coming from, especially if its only doing it when you turn. that's a good indication of a wheel bearing. the brake may just be exaggerating it. if you turn right and its does it typically its the left one, etc. (weight transfers to the outside wheel so it groans)
03-03-2015, 03:22 PM
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03-04-2015, 02:37 PM
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see if you can figure out which side the hum is coming from, especially if its only doing it when you turn. that's a good indication of a wheel bearing. the brake may just be exaggerating it. if you turn right and its does it typically its the left one, etc. (weight transfers to the outside wheel so it groans)
I don't think it is in the wheels at all. Last time it happened I left the parking lot at work and was going straight with no turns at all. This noise, when it happens, it is always present at low speed I would say 2 to 8mil/hour. It does not occur at speeds above 30mil/hour. Yes, you have to look for it. I have to have radio off and heater/ac off in order to hear it.
So yesterday I setup my professional linear PCM audio recorder LS-100 under driver's seat with 2 mics poining the front of the car and let it record from the time I left home in hope to capture this noise and share it here. Well, Murphy's law did its best and I did not hear any beep from the car. Same thing today. It is been icy, rain and snow with same temperatures around 28 to 33F and the noise is not there at all no matter how I drive stop and turn. I drove in 2H, 4A, and 4H and nothing.
Could this be an engine/transmission generated noise? Reason I say this is that when this happens and I'm driving ~5mil/hour (walking speed) the way it sounds it does not match or seem to follow the wheel/tire turning or driving. I could be wrong though. It is hard to be specific while you are in the cabin driving with the doors and windows closed.
Will see if I can get a good capture of it when it happens.
Thanks,
03-04-2015, 02:53 PM
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This is my first post here.
I made my decision a year ago and got a brand new F150 platinum with V8 5.0L engine. I have my crownvictoria that purchased brand new in 1999 and now has 250K on it and still going strong. For this matter my next vehicle had to be a Ford. Truck was purchased in February of 2014 and now on Feb of 2015 I started noticing several things:
I mostly do highway driving with it and never abused or mistreated it and in general very pleased with its performance. I did its 1st engine oil change and its filter at 2.5K miles. Its 2nd oil and filter change @ 8.8K and last one last week at 13.2K Have used the recommended Motorcraft synthetic blend 5W-20 on all three oil changes.
First thing that puzzled me and has happened 3 or 4 times now is when I gently hit the brakes trying to stop and then released the brakes to go again, the RPM went to almost 3 to 4K and I did not have my foot on gas pedal at all. Had to pull over, turn the engine off and then back on and all is back to normal... Have no idea what's causing this. Has anyone experienced this?
The other strange thing ( I'm trying to blame the freezing weather with -1 to 3F all February here in PA) as I'm driving and trying to come to a stop I hear this humming/grinding noise coming from front of the car. Noise continues even after I have released the brake pedal. It does not do it all the time but when it happens it is very pronounced.
Today as I was driving to work (temp continues to be 1F only) I hear this ticking noise from the engine but after driving for 300f or so it just went away. When I came back in the afternoon I parked in the driveway and noticed it again. It does not do it in idle. I put it in Drive D and used the parking brakes and got out of the truck and I hear this ticking noise coming from engine. It is not loud but it is a new noise that was not there before.
Since Its inspection is due this month I plan to go back to the dealer and describe all the above issues. Just curious if someone has had similar issues and how did you resolve them. I'd like to do most of the things myself if I can but knowing the Truck is still under warranty I think I should not mess with it.
Thanks,
I made my decision a year ago and got a brand new F150 platinum with V8 5.0L engine. I have my crownvictoria that purchased brand new in 1999 and now has 250K on it and still going strong. For this matter my next vehicle had to be a Ford. Truck was purchased in February of 2014 and now on Feb of 2015 I started noticing several things:
I mostly do highway driving with it and never abused or mistreated it and in general very pleased with its performance. I did its 1st engine oil change and its filter at 2.5K miles. Its 2nd oil and filter change @ 8.8K and last one last week at 13.2K Have used the recommended Motorcraft synthetic blend 5W-20 on all three oil changes.
First thing that puzzled me and has happened 3 or 4 times now is when I gently hit the brakes trying to stop and then released the brakes to go again, the RPM went to almost 3 to 4K and I did not have my foot on gas pedal at all. Had to pull over, turn the engine off and then back on and all is back to normal... Have no idea what's causing this. Has anyone experienced this?
The other strange thing ( I'm trying to blame the freezing weather with -1 to 3F all February here in PA) as I'm driving and trying to come to a stop I hear this humming/grinding noise coming from front of the car. Noise continues even after I have released the brake pedal. It does not do it all the time but when it happens it is very pronounced.
Today as I was driving to work (temp continues to be 1F only) I hear this ticking noise from the engine but after driving for 300f or so it just went away. When I came back in the afternoon I parked in the driveway and noticed it again. It does not do it in idle. I put it in Drive D and used the parking brakes and got out of the truck and I hear this ticking noise coming from engine. It is not loud but it is a new noise that was not there before.
Since Its inspection is due this month I plan to go back to the dealer and describe all the above issues. Just curious if someone has had similar issues and how did you resolve them. I'd like to do most of the things myself if I can but knowing the Truck is still under warranty I think I should not mess with it.
Thanks,
This is a bunch of BS to me. Tire pressure is not the cause and to expect the truck to always be at the recommended PSI is unrealistic. What if I want to air up to haul or air down to go off road? It was a different dealership than where I bought the truck and I will not be going back.
The dealer visit was with about 11k on the odometer and I now have 26k and the issue remains. Has not gotten worse, but has not gotten any better.
03-04-2015, 06:38 PM
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I no expert but in a lot of snow / cold air temp conditions it's almost got to be front hub (4x4) related...curious if it makes the "noise" in 2wd? I had a 2000 Ranger and the front hubs would make some noise from time to time in wintery conditions with 4x4 engaged. Basically it turned out snow / road slush was getting past the grommet boots around the hub wheel assembly causing all of the noise meanwhile the 4 wheel drive worked fine.
03-11-2015, 04:44 PM
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I wear a size 11 4e shoe, sometimes when I press on the brake pedal off to the gas pedal side I press the gas at the same time and the rpms come up.