new problem with 07 camry HELP

[Roper]

Wife Came Home The Other Day And Told Me The Car Has A Weird Noise.I Drove It And It Sounds Like A Wheel Bearing.i Checked Tire Pres And Rotated. It Had No Affect. The Noise Would Not Change When Turning A Corner Or Under Braking Or Acceleration.took It To Dealer And Mechanic Went For A Test Drive With My Wife And He Said He Could Hear It.he Pulled It Into The Shop And Spent 2.5 Hours Checking Everything And They Could Not Find Anything Wrong. So The Advisor Said The Stock Tires Have A Hard Compound And That Could Be It.if It Was A Compound Issue It Would Have Made The Noise When We Bought The Car Not After 25,000 Miles And Start The Noise All Of A Sudden. I Called The Advisor And Told Him That And He Agreed And Told Me To See If The Noise Changed In The Next Week Or So. The Only Problem With That Is Since I First Drove The Car A Week Ago And This Morning The Noise Has Worsened.advisor Also Told Me That The Head Mech Is The Guy Who Looked At The Car And He Has 20 Years Exp. I Would Like To Trust Them On This But I Don't Know. Any Help Would Be Great.

[08 SILVER SE]

Originally Posted by Roper

Wife Came Home The Other Day And Told Me The Car Has A Weird Noise.I Drove It And It Sounds Like A Wheel Bearing.i Checked Tire Pres And Rotated. It Had No Affect. The Noise Would Not Change When Turning A Corner Or Under Braking Or Acceleration.took It To Dealer And Mechanic Went For A Test Drive With My Wife And He Said He Could Hear It.he Pulled It Into The Shop And Spent 2.5 Hours Checking Everything And They Could Not Find Anything Wrong. So The Advisor Said The Stock Tires Have A Hard Compound And That Could Be It.if It Was A Compound Issue It Would Have Made The Noise When We Bought The Car Not After 25,000 Miles And Start The Noise All Of A Sudden. I Called The Advisor And Told Him That And He Agreed And Told Me To See If The Noise Changed In The Next Week Or So. The Only Problem With That Is Since I First Drove The Car A Week Ago And This Morning The Noise Has Worsened.advisor Also Told Me That The Head Mech Is The Guy Who Looked At The Car And He Has 20 Years Exp. I Would Like To Trust Them On This But I Don't Know. Any Help Would Be Great.

not sure what is causing the noise possible differential berring maybe if i had to guess and if they said the wheel bearings are good. If i were you i would ask your service advisor to have a toyota "FTS" come out and look at your car.

[JAKSTER]

Sounds like it could be the drive axle but it could be many things. I would leave it with the dealer and ask them to fix it. I have had several vehicles mostly my kids beasts that they trashed and the drive axle will make a steady noise as it falls slowley apart. I should not say falls apart FAILS. But if thats it the drive axle it could fall apart if left unchecked. The last one I had the extrem pleasure of dealing with was my sons Mercury Sable and the support bearing in the swing arm went. It fell apart and actually the axle pulled out of the tranny case. Drive it till it drops is his motto. Click and Clack love guys like him