Noise from rear my car

I have had similar noises caused by normal tire wear. I thought it was a wheel bearing also, but the noise didn't go away until I changed the tires.

Try swapping the front and rear tires and see if the noise moves with the tires.

Tom

I have experienced a similar noise (like snow tires on a pickup truck) from a failing front wheel bearing. I have also had a rear wheel bearing fail but without this noise. The bearing has to be pretty far gone to produce noticeable free play.

This sounds like the left rear wheel bearing has gone.

Sounds like wheel bearings to me.

I suggest that any wheel bearing be replaced in an "axle set." I would never replace one wheel bearing unless I was selling the car and did not care about the welfare of any potential buyer. (Since I care about the welfare of others, I would never replace just one wheel bearing.)

Hi Marc, I just went through similar thing. turned out the bushings were worn out (front and rear). On bmw's the bushings need to get changed more often than other cars (i've had american and japanese). How is your tire wear? Look for the inside of the tires wearing out first. The noise comes from tires (poor alignment). hope this helps,

Oskar

I've swapped the rear tyres now, so they're new at the back with correct pressures. Unfortunately the noise persists!

Marc

Jack up the back end and start wiggling and turning. Odds are you will find it's just a bad bearing.

--scott

It's time to replace the rear left wheel bearings...........

If you have two cars do you replace the bearings on the other car too?

Apologies getting back to this, but the noise was easily sorted.

As suspected, it was the near side wheel bearing. It was been replaced easily by a local specialist for about =A3138.

The noise has completely gone away and the car back to full health again!

Cheers Chaps!