Had a "wheel bearing" type noise from the rear left that was intermittent. When making hard right turns, it was almost guaranteed to appear.. also appeared sometimes when going straight or curving to the right on the highway. Figured it had to be the left rear wheel bearing.

Dropped it off at the mechanic for his expert advice. He couldn't find anything wrong with the car so said our only shot was to change the wheel bearing. Replaced it and showed me the old one. Old one looked *brand new* at 200k mi! Problem went away for a week and reappeared...

I gave up! Decided to drive the car until either the problem got worse (and more obvious!) or went away (which it never did..)

A year later, I changed the diff fluid and put in synthetic. Problem went away immediately and never came back. Even 2 years later, it's completely silent. Noise is gone and so is the $$$ I paid to replace the "good" wheel bearing!

Neal

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