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I think my front left tire is making a squeaking sound. Could this be a bearing going out? Or is it just something normal? Its not a continuous squeak. Just consistently squeaks with every rotation. Once I reach around 20-30 mph, it stops. Any ideas?
Mine used to squeak intermittently when I turned at all, even slightly, in any direction at low speeds. Turned out to be a u-joint, and then I discovered my ball joints need replacing too. I'd get it examined by a mechanic, or if you aren't afraid to get your hands dirty, grab a Haynes manual and follow the procedure for checking the u-joints and ball joints and etc.
Not that hard to test them, I guess (learned later after I paid a mechanic to do it).
Have you checked your brakes? Usually when brakes go bad they will "squeak" a little per rotation. When you get going faster the squeak seems to go away because of how fast you are going. I would check your squealer tab before jumping to a wheel bearing or anything like that.
a seperated chord in the tire will squeak every rotation, i have had this a few times on smaller cars, sometimes you can see a deformity in the tire itself... sometimes not.