I have a 2000 S40 and about 2 weeks a noise started coming from the front right wheel, it makes the sound when you drive straight and when you turn the wheel to the right it gets louder. When you turn to the left it goes away. Any suggestions on what could be causing this sound? There is a slight vibraton coming from it i believe i would like to get some adivice on what might be causing this sound before i take it in.

 

Sounds like either a bad tire or right front wheel bearing.
First try swapping the tire to the back and see if the noise goes away.

 

Thanks, I am going to try that in the morning.

 

check your joints and everything..sounds like a bearing or joint problem...

 

I have a s40 T4 2000 & about a month back i drove it home & parked as normal with no problem then the next day when i started it & drove it made a continuos grinding noise from the left front .i jacked up the car to look for something that might have got stuck but found nothing then i tried spinning the wheel & i couldnt but if i try driving it moves .please guys tell me can the wheel bearing make such a racket .im scared to strip it in case its somthing else.please i need some advice on the best solution or if any of you experienced this problem

 

Without looking at the car, it sounds a bit like a sticky caliper. Either that or your bearing is shot, but you would usually notice the noise a bearing usually emits over time (get's louder).

Either way, get this looked at before driving the car very far.

 

thanks .i did remove the caliper to try spin the wheel but no luck .the thing is there was no noise or warning