Hey all....curious if anyone knows what the hell this noise is on my gladiator. It's a 2022 with only 4900 miles on it. Started noticing the noise a couple weeks ago when it was parked and idling, and by the time I got home, everything sounded normal. It's progressively gotten worse, and now, it howls like this all the time....idling or driving, doesn't matter. It doesn't change loudness or pitch with RPM, it's consistent. It's loud enough that driving through a parking lot, people will turn around and stare.
My gut feeling is it's a bearing on a pulley, or possibly even the alternator since it sounds like its coming from that area under the hood. I have 2 trips coming up starting next week...one to Ouray, and 2 weeks after that, a trip to Moab. Soonest I can get it in at a dealer is November 7th which sucks! I uploaded 2 videos to Youtube to show what I'm talking about. Any help is greatly appreciated!
My gut feeling is it's a bearing on a pulley, or possibly even the alternator since it sounds like its coming from that area under the hood. I have 2 trips coming up starting next week...one to Ouray, and 2 weeks after that, a trip to Moab. Soonest I can get it in at a dealer is November 7th which sucks! I uploaded 2 videos to Youtube to show what I'm talking about. Any help is greatly appreciated!
October 6, 2023
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