Hello everyone, We have a fairly low mileage (~17K miles) 2020 Prius Prime. I use this car for my daily commute to work and we have taken one long road trip from Oregon to Colorado last year. I have noticed that when I make left turns, I can hear a noticeable chirp/squeek coming form the right (passenger side) rear wheel. The noise changes with speed. I first noticed the noise at work, where I use a parking garage and have to make 4-5 sweeping left turns to exit each evening. If I take some twisty backroads to work, I also can hear the noise if I roll my windows down at a turn in the road that requires a left turn. I inspected the wheels and tires and there is no odd wear on the tires and the wheels are in good shape. Pads and rotors look almost new and I do not see any uneven wear on the pads, nor do I see any odd grooves in the rotor that would tell me the slider pins on the calipers were frozen. There is no odd side to side or top/bottom play in the wheel when I put the car on a jackstand, so I am not sure it is a bad wheel bearing. I have had my share of hitting potholes living in Portland, so I am wondering if I am at the beginning of a failed bearing or this wheel itself may be bent? Cannot see anything obvious and I would think I would have a vibration if a wheel was bent. Got an Appt. with the dealership next week. I have not been impressed with service around here so I am looking to see if anyone else has had something similar happen and how they fixed it. Thanks so much for any suggestions.
