marleyquattro

Hi all, I need a little help/advice. I have a 2003 Audi A4 1.8T Quattro with 60k miles that I'm getting a lot of road noise from. For a while I thought it was noisy tires because I do need an alignment, but now I'm thinking it's something else. I sounds like it's coming from the front left side of the car. The sound is a rumble at low speeds, tire noise, but much louder at higher speeds. I had an 89' VW golf that had a bad front wheel bearing, but I thought I remembered that being even louder, but the sound is similar. Any ideas, what could it be? If it is a wheel bearing, what is the normal cost of parts and labor? Should I replace only the bad one or both fronts or all four?

Jet Jockey/A4 Pilot

Wheel bearing is a good guess, if it is not the tire. IIRC it's about an hours work to replace it.

marleyquattro

thanks. is that to replace just one? any idea if it's best to do 1, pair, all four? i searched for the cost of the bearings, it looked like $100 for the front pair, $150 for the back. does that sound about right?

Jet Jockey/A4 Pilot

Audi replaced it under warranty. That's why I don't have a price for you.