Tyre Noise - Not Wheel Bearing Noise

[Richo64]

Glad to hear you're happy with your new tyres Steve. The traction will improve (my PS3's have done a bit over 1000km), and I agree that regular rotation, balancing ect. is necessary. Enjoy. For me it made it feel like a new car.

[Tom Sawyer]

Bridgestone Potenzas

I had this exact problem from the rear of my GTi. Thought it was a bearing problem initially, but when I had the front tyres replaced due to wear with some Conti's and had them put on the rear (i.e. 4 wheel swap around), the noise moved to front and was very noticeable when braking between 30-40kmh, with a juddering through the steering. Changed that front pair (Bridgestone Potenzas) to some Goodyear Assymetrics (great tyre!) and the noise just totally disappeared. Car is quite again.
Would never touch Bridgestones again!

[wai]

(Now I'll probably start hearing other things and getting worried.)

Thar's easily fixed.

Just place a small steel ball in the ash tray. You will know what that noise is and it will drown out everything else

[thirdwill]

My MK6 GTI is making vibrating sounds most prominent around the 70km/hr mark (sounds like a hovering UFO inside the car). It actually fades off when driving at higher speeds. But I think the problem is gradually getting worse.

I took the car to the dealership last friday and they said its the tyres. They said something about edges but the only thing that stuck to me was complete tyre replacement was the only fix I asked them to do a wheel rotation but that didn't fix anything.

Is this a problem with my tyres as a set or do you think getting the front two or the back two replaced would fix the problem? The tyres have done around 33,000kms and still have a bit of mileage left. How many km's are the stock tyres rated for?

[rosslm]

I did the same change from Bridgestone RE050's to Michelin PS3's the Michelins are very quiet, the tyre dealer recommended the Michelin's and he said he was aware of complaints about the noise generated from the RE050's it was particularly noticeable coasting to a stop at traffic lights on smooth bitumen.

As mentioned earlier in this post I changed tyres as above, done about 6000km now still silent. I can certainly recommend the Michelin's a bit pricy $1000 fitted but well worth it.