Originally Posted by alicea8541

Happened to me to yesterday. Mine is the plastic around the wheel well broke and it is now flapping back and forth quickly while driving. Driving me crazy right now.

Originally Posted by Blitz

I was on the highway to work like a half hour ago, doing 65-70ish. Suddenly out of nowhere, didn't hit a pothole or debris or anything, this REALLY LOUD and fast ticking noise starts from the area of the driver's side wheel. When I say loud, I mean it was MUCH louder than the wind noise, tire noise, exhaust noise (GReddy Ti = droooooooooone), and the music I was playing loudly to drown the rest of the noises out .

As soon as I heard it I shut the radio off and considered pulling over because I was afraid the tire got a puncture or something. But after a minute or so, it was clear the car was driving fine and not pulling to one side or anything.

I looked at the wheel quickly when I got to work. Nothing seems out of the ordinary. I will jack it up at home to get a better look. The noise is absolutely dependent on speed. It's pretty faint at low speeds but at anything over 35 or so, it is LOUD. The best way I can describe it is to liken it to a twig or big zip-tie or something being caught in the wheel and hitting the caliper every time it rotates. That's what it sounds like to me.

Car drives fine but I'm supposed to be taking it up to Elkhart Lake for ALMS tonight and I'd rather not be worried about something failing when I do. I can take it to a local dealership on my lunch break I guess.

Anyone experience this before? Could it be a tire issue? My tires are pretty low on tread depth.