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TL;DR - Stones lodged in the tread of my tyres lead to tyres making noise.
Since past 2 months I have been hearing a clicking sound from my Tyres (I think). Earlier, it was present only when I drove the car slowly. But now it is present at all speeds. I have driven almost a 1000 kms since.
First, I showed it to a tyre alignment shop since I thought the noise may be due to misalignment or unbalanced tyres. But he said that your car needs no alignment and he guessed that maybe the car's parking brake cable is making noise.
Then I took the car to Ford ASS, they also heard the sound. Then they put the car on lift and tried to check each tyre by rotating by hand and said that they can't diagnose it properly without opening the wheel assembly, which according to them was Rs. 1000 per tyre + Parts charge as applicable. Imo they were trying to fleece me so didn't get it done there.
Then I tried an FNG. Sad for me that the mechanic there couldn't even register the clicking noise. On my insistence to check further, he said that since passenger side rear tyre's rubber is cracking, he will replace it with stepney. But the sound still persisted.
Then, over all this time I noticed that there were a LOT of stones lodged into the tread of my tyres. So today I finally took upon myself to remove almost 80% of the stones. Then I drove the car for almost 6 kms and the noise seems to have subsided. I hope its not temporary.
Since past 2 months I have been hearing a clicking sound from my Tyres (I think). Earlier, it was present only when I drove the car slowly. But now it is present at all speeds. I have driven almost a 1000 kms since.
First, I showed it to a tyre alignment shop since I thought the noise may be due to misalignment or unbalanced tyres. But he said that your car needs no alignment and he guessed that maybe the car's parking brake cable is making noise.
Then I took the car to Ford ASS, they also heard the sound. Then they put the car on lift and tried to check each tyre by rotating by hand and said that they can't diagnose it properly without opening the wheel assembly, which according to them was Rs. 1000 per tyre + Parts charge as applicable. Imo they were trying to fleece me so didn't get it done there.
Then I tried an FNG. Sad for me that the mechanic there couldn't even register the clicking noise. On my insistence to check further, he said that since passenger side rear tyre's rubber is cracking, he will replace it with stepney. But the sound still persisted.
Then, over all this time I noticed that there were a LOT of stones lodged into the tread of my tyres. So today I finally took upon myself to remove almost 80% of the stones. Then I drove the car for almost 6 kms and the noise seems to have subsided. I hope its not temporary.