[madbim]

Just got my car back from getting the battery cable recall done. I have noticed a distinct howl coming from what seems to be the front of the car. It is very noticeable around 40mph car has 52k on it. Not sure where to start?

[Richbot]

Does it change with road speed? If so it's likely a wheel bearing. We have a right front wheel bearing going on our 335xi and it's very noisy above 40mph or so

Quickest way to see if it's a wheel bearing is to get it to the speed you hear the noise and do some hard swerves left and right. If it gets louder in left turns it's the right front, louder in right turns it's the left front

[madbim]

I will have to give that a try, It defiantly gets louder with an increase in speed.

[madbim]

I cant seem to pin point it, seems to get louder coasting and when slowing down (not the brakes). Tried doing some turns while under speed and the sound didnt change.

[Richbot]

I had to really crank on it to get the noise to totally vanish, cornering fairly hard. Just a quick left-right and the noise wouldn't change, had to really load and unload the bad bearing to figure out which it was