I have a 200 Dodge Caravan. Today when taking my daughter to school, I stopped at a stop sign and when proceeding again, heard a weird noise coming from the left front tire area. My daughter described it as an "ice machine sound." Anybody have any idea what it could be? Thanks, Kelly
loud noise left front
Mar 18, 2005
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Brakes? Wheel bearing? Without any info on mileage and when the brakes were last serviced and the vague description I really can't offer any more guesses. I'd get it to a brake place as this is the most likely cause and the Caravans can eat through front brake pads (and rotors) every 20K miles.
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Were you turning? If yes:
CV joint Bearing Brakes
If no:
Bearing Brakes CV joint
Could be the solenoids in the transmission, which make a grinding noise at a stop, and is perfectly normal.
Hi David, can you please elaborate on that solenoid issue? Can it only happen in reverse and when the car the cold? I have the same thing in a 2001 Concorde and it looks like it is coming from the transmission but only in reverse. Should I be worried? Thanks.
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