[Kmanuele]

Anyone have this issue and know what it could be? Rubber band sound when turning the wheel? Only happens at slow speed, no jerking of the wheel just sounds like rubbing. Lowered 1.5 but does not rub. 79,000 miles?

 

[crjackson]

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I’ve never experienced a rubber-band sound, hopefully someone else can help with that.

 

[AndyEckel]

If by "rubber band sound", I might assume you mean that is something like the "pppbbbffttt-pbbbbfffttt" frequency sound one might hear when you snap a rubber band.

In my humble option, that does sound like a wheel rubbing and I would absolutely recommend you investigate that possibility. Fortunately, this is super easy to do. Just get a spotter and gently maneuver the vehicle back-and-forth in forward-and-reverse at low speed while turning the vehicle at full lock - like when backing out of or pulling into a parking space. If you have a wheel/tire rubbing, this is super easy to diagnose this way. And this may be why you are only experiencing your concern at low speed.

I'd bet a dollar to a donut you now have a tire rubbing.

Even if this hasn't happened before, potential causes are:

• recent wheel/tire rotation (even the same size tires vary in size)
• worn out shock / strut on one side but not the other
• extremely low tire pressure in one front corner and the TPMS light is non-functional or being disregarded

GOOD LUCK!