Anyone know what would cause a weird wheel noise as I slow down under about 20 mph? Its not when i brake but it sounds like a noise like I can actually hear the wheel spinning, but its pretty loud.

I know...kinda vague..but any ideas?

 

Sounds like tire feathering / cupping. Check your front tires for abnormal wear or if you are not mechanically inclined take it to your local Bridgestone dealer...

 

This is a known problem. You should use the search feature.

Tire noise tech bulletin

 

Originally posted by droideka
The wear problem on the inside of the tire is cupping and is caused by too much toe-out. Period. Once I had my toe-out corrected way back when, I've NEVER experienced cupping ever again. Yes, I'm the one who started the "feathering" thread and mistakenly called cupping "feathering". I was mis-informed.

Feathering occurs with too much toe-in and will shread a tire in two-thousand miles depending on the severity of toe-in. Feathering helped me destroy 5 sets of tires this year due to my dealer's FAULTY alignment machine.