Is there something wrong with my 2006 equinox LT or is it just normal noise?

im having the same problem with mine, I know its not the wheel bearings as I just had those replaces a few months ago. Did you find out what it was?

Try replacing the tire with new ones. It happened to me and I just replaced to ALL SEASON Tires.

I am having this same problem did you ever figure out what was wrong ? I would really really appreciate finding out how to fix this ... Thank you sooo much...

It may just be road noise from noisy tires. As tires wear they can get noisy especially if they have cupping or other abnormal wear patterns.

Its a GM with the 3 bolt hub between the hubs and people needing to rotate their tires front end guy's across the country are feeding their families. love those trucks.

The answer is wheel bearing. I have an 06 equinox and I am now about to fix the bearing a 5th time in 2 years. I also have a ball joint going too. Never buying one of these again and I owe too much to trade or sell. Humming that gets louder over time is a bearing. The older equinoxes have a know design flaw causing this but Chevy does nothing.

I'm almost four years behind the original post, and about a year since the last comment, but my 05 is doing the same thing. I'm the only one who has ever owned it. Wheel bearings have been replaced. New tires have been put on. Front end is not out of alignment. Gears shift fine. Can the wheel bearings go bad very quickly? Would this have anything to do with a tie rod? At nearly 13 years and 247,000 miles, would it be worth it to get it fixed?

I have the same issue with my vehicle, not to speak out of ignorance but could this be a coolant issue. My equinox has experienced a lot of coolant issues and with these older models could the shaking be a result of the coolant cirulating through the car? My car shakes when I start it and put it in reverse.

I have the same problem. 2006 Equinox AWD. New tires, one new hub, new fluids in front and rear diff. Road noise comes on about 35-40 mph and gets louder with speed. No vibration. Nothing felt in steering. Rear bearings seem okay when I lift and wiggle the tires. I may just replace all the hubs but what's the chance it's the center support bearing on the drive shaft?

Dogdorsey, seriously?? Coolant circulation causing vibration?? You mentioned you get the vibration when you put car in reverse, do you think the coolant changes when car is in reverse??

Had road noise on '06 Equinox AWD until I changed all 4 hubs. Hard to isolate from where the noise came so at $35 each from RockAuto, I did them all. One was obviously shot (had play on vehicle), one was obvious once removed, another was on its way and last one was fine but I replaced anyway. Noise gone. Don't assume it's front only. If you ruled out tires, hubs, and fluid levels, then check center bearing holding up rear drive shaft.

Vibration when you put in reverse is most likely transaxle mount located on drivers side against the rail. It vibrates when you touch metal to metal. Had same issue, changed the mount and all is well.

I also have an 05 equinox n had to change the driver side wheel bearing. N then again about a month later. Make sure u grease the treads n don't just tighten it up. U also have a tourk speck. I did that n ain't had a problem out of it since.

They are the barringd it your pullys in the altanater or water pump or bad tentener pull I have have a 07 equniox for 6 years good car and easy as he'll to rebuild. Take belt of and check all pulley for gringing and see if any loose they will make a whine sound and a bad tentener pulley will cause the same thing making blet slip just enough to whine I had bad pulley replace it after replacing hubs and hole front end to find out it was just a pulley hope this helped.

We have a 2016 equinox with the same issue. NO< it is not anything related to the power train. It is a irritating humming noise in the front dash that comes in about 60mph. It sounds like the static coming from a speaker but it isn't as buzzing still there with radio off. Seems like it would be a electrical component, module or something, I don't know except that it is really annoying. Seems to be rather prevalent but no one has an answer.

Just a follow up on my 2016 equinox. We had a battery installed under warranty that we brought to dealership. Long story short I removed computer from top of battery and negative post was corroded and not very tight. Tech did not most likely clean cable good when batt. when old batt. was removed. Cleaned and tightened both cables. Noise is gone. My guess was it was a grounding issue.

I just started having this same issue. I bought a 2016 certified pre-owned from dealer, been driving great until about two weeks ago when this slight humming began. The tires maybe had another 6-8 months' life, but dealer said it was the tires making the noise. So $750 later and new front end alignment, the humming is still present. I pay for a full bumper-to-bumper warranty, so I'm taking it back and printing out this web page, plus a few other forum websites talking about this same issue. Very likely wheel bearing(s) per other forums too.