Woowoowoowoo sound?

[clogan2]

I've got a "woowoowoo" noise (coming from left front?) of my '16 Tahoe LTZ. Most noticeable at 45 mph. It's got 92,000 all highway miles, never a problem of any kind. I first thought it was the tire, especially when I found a screw in it, then got it plugged. But the noise seems to be getting louder as time goes by. Maybe still the tire?... Guess I ought to rotate just to see. ... Could it be Transfer case? Wheel bearing? Seems unlikely with my somewhat low miles.

Any guesses or similar experiences?

Guess I need to get off my butt and rotate the tires.

Thanks, and be careful out there.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Jack up the front end and manually rotate the wheel to get it spinning and listen for the noise. You can also pull and push the tire at the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock positions to feel if there is any play at all on that wheel.

 

[Hobert]

I've got a "woowoowoo" noise (coming from left front?) of my '16 Tahoe LTZ. Most noticeable at 45 mph. It's got 92,000 all highway miles, never a problem of any kind. I first thought it was the tire, especially when I found a screw in it, then got it plugged. But the noise seems to be getting louder as time goes by. Maybe still the tire?... Guess I ought to rotate just to see. ... Could it be Transfer case? Wheel bearing? Seems unlikely with my somewhat low miles.

Any guesses or similar experiences?

Guess I need to get off my butt and rotate the tires.

Thanks, and be careful out there.

That's about how many miles I had before I had the wheel bearings go. In my case the noise was not too loud but ABS warning light came on. Went through 2 sets in 276,000 miles on my 2001 Yukon XL

 

[markni12301]

Any chance it could be the dust shield backing plate? I once had one warp and make a weird sound when driving as it touched the rotor but not when I manually spun the tire.
I didn't figure it out until the original backing plate was falling apart and flaking off.

 

[Tonyv__]

My wheel bearing just went at 64k. Made a slight humming sound.

 

[OR VietVet]

Does the noise increase with speed? Louder with speed? Slight turn left or right at different speeds make a difference? Thorough sight inspection is needed.