So it sounds like an airplane in my 2005 s40i, however the common culprit would usually point to a bad wheel bearing. I know that is not the issue because they have been recently changed.

The car does have blown front struts and mounts and it needs new bushings, however could that cause the car to sound like an airplane while driving? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Tire noise from a misalignment, dust shield rubbing, pax side CV bearing...all just guesses.

 

nice post, thanks for share.

 

Could bad VC joints cause vibration and vehicle wobble? I have not run into bad CV joints on a vehicle before.

 

is the noise related to road speed or engine speed? Does it change with power or coasting in neutral? If its noisy while coasting in neutral, then you need to consider anything rotating in the front - axles (CV joints etc), wheel bearings, brake components, tires and even transmission bearings. CV joint failures can cause vibrations but clicking in lock to lock low speed turns is more common. A vehicle wobble could be suspension parts unrelated to the noise but not sure exactly what you mean.

 

No clicking at all. As the car starts coasting to a stop, there beecomes a progressive wobble in teh front end and you can feel the car begin to shake and vibrate. It does the same thing as well when accelerating, and as the car begins to pick up speed the vibration tends to mitigate, however you can still hear a loud noise almost as if the wheel bearings are going (this could be the tires). I am at a loss.

 

so it sounds like its something rotating, ie axles, wheel bearings, brake parts, tires. First thing I'd do is a front to rear tire rotation. Then I'd inspect the brakes by hand - wheels off both front tires off the ground so you can rotate and feel for any odd things. Finally I'd check for any play in the hubs. Given the hubs are new, I would not assume all the bolts were properly torqued and that the replacement hub may have failed out of the box. So, I'd check for the bolt torques on the axle nut and the bolts holding the hub to the steering knuckle.