Would like to check, for people who have new UC6 tyres on the vehicle, is there a humming sound from the tyres when the vehicle is traveling between speeds say 20 to 100 km/h? The sound is like "woong woong" low rumbling sound like an aeroplane sound.

Do you drive a volvo?

No. UC6 stock tyres for Nissan Almera.

Better check with nearby mechanic shop, could be uneven tyre surface or something else

I recently did alignment and balancing and only to find out one of my GITI tyre has an uneven tyre surface that could lead to strange noise. According to the mechanic, they claimed is I didn’t rotate my tyre which I find it odd. Anyway he said it won’t affect the handling nor performance of the driving experience

This post has been edited by Teutonic Knight: Mar 7 2024, 03:00 PM

Thanks for the information. That's one possibility. I"ll get it checked at the service centre instead since the tyres are stock tyres of a new car and not fixed at outside tyre shop.

Wooong wooong sound most likely wheel bearing problem. Not tyre problem. Even with uneven wear tyres, it wont wooong woooongg ...

Faulty wheel bearing? Needs to be changed right?

Bearing issue looks like...

If you can repeat the humming sound to Nissan service technician during the test drive, then claim them to fix it whether its bearing or tyres...

But I scare Tan Chong tactics is leave your car here for 2 week for our technician to check the problem.

Already brought the car to the service centre during the 1st service and they claimed the sound is normal. I'm going to escalate the case, not sure if it's "normal" or not. I've been given several possibilities, some say tyres, some as wheel bearing, some say it's the engine sound, some say it's the air intake for turbo engine sound. It's confusing.

Nah, turbo wont wooong wooong sound. I had driven my continental csc5 for almost 10 years. During the final year, the tyre already wear unevenly in the center for all four. Still no wooong wooong sound. Just very loud road noise.

It is very easy to check wheel bearing. Just jack up the car and rotate the wheel (let go of the hand brake if rear wheel). It will feel different for the one with bad bearing.

Sound is normal with UC6, I also have Almera Turbo changed to Michelin XM2+ the humming noise no more. Tyre more quiet and stronger side wall.

Thanks for the responses. Looks like you guys got more experience than the mechanic and service advisor at the service centre, and also my sales advisor and the manager. Hahaha!

At least now it's down to either the UC6 tyres or wheel bearing, whichever one. I've called the TCEAS customer service just now and they will have the technical guy contact me soon. Hopefully will be resolved soon. If it's the wheel bearing, it will be resolved once it's replaced. If it's the tyres, it won't be resolved and will have to wait until the tyres are all due for replacement then only the sound will go away. I'm hoping it's the wheel bearing..

Your car still under warranty?

If still under warranty and they blame the tyres, ask them to claim warranty from Continental. If your tyres are worn evenly, then they should work as it should. If they kept blaming the tyres, tell them to suggest a Continental tyre dealer for you to drive there to have them check your tyres if it is the cause of the noise. Sometimes you need to be hard on them when they kept taichi especially when they said it is normal. Usually when they reply like this, it is not normal.

I got a company Sonata in 2012. The ac was bad from day one but the service centers kept saying it is normal. I drove it for few months until CNY and the heat got to me. I was so mad that I wrote an email to Hyundai Korea. Guess what... I got a surprise call from Hyundai service center and the fella (who told me it is normal BTW) binggung how I get the Sime Darby HQ to issue a compressor replacement for me. The ac work fine and I had a much better ac since until the car was sold mid last year suffering from a bad compressor.

Very likely a wheel bearing problem. My 3008 right front wheel bearing also made noise but I left it alone because it doesn't impact the driving.

Thanks guys. 5 years warranty, the car is just 2 months old.

The sound won't affect most people as they might not even notice about the sound being a "problem". The vehicle is driven by my dad. However, I am very sensitive to any abnormal or rattling sound so it does sound like problem to me. It's true it doesn't affect the driving experience. It's just the woong woong sound in the background that is a nuisance to me. It's not very loud but it's there.

Will get it sorted out soon. Thanks.

This post has been edited by SportyHandling: Mar 7 2024, 05:15 PM

can u detect which direction front or back, left or right

No, seems like coming from all directions, perhaps the front more.

Not necessary if bearing just starting to have problem. My Accord right front bearing having similar sound, but when jack up, can't tell any difference.
Will wait longer before fixing it, since doesn't impact the drive or handling currently

Update. Brought the vehicle to the service centre again this morning for 2nd checkup and test-drove another same Almera vehicle. Confirmed that the wheel bearing is not the issue, so the possibility of the noise is now entirely focused on the Continental UC6 tyres. The weird thing is the other Almera vehicle on UC6 tyres also showed the same humming noise, so I'm not sure if the humming noise is inherent with the UC6, or it's just the design of the rims or something else that contributes to the humming noise since other vehicles(Honda, Toyota etc.) on UC6 may not show this noise issue.

The current arrangement is the tyre manufacturer will inspect my vehicle to determine if the UC6 tyres are causing the humming noise.

This post has been edited by SportyHandling: Mar 9 2024, 11:42 AM

Weird that the noise disappeared with the Michelin XM2+ since the UC6 was reported to be silent with other vehicles. Perhaps it's the rim design of the Almera or something else that caused the humming sound on the Continental UC6. Tan Chong should have fitted other brands of tyres on the Almera if this humming noise is consistent with all Almera turbo models.

Seams like opposite for me:-
my wife city used XM2 the noise is damn loud but my insight used UC6 is so quite and comfort. Maybe different size tyres or different car have different results.

Tan Chong used UC6 could be to meet the made in malaysia criteria. xm2 from thailand right?

This post has been edited by ads398: Mar 11 2024, 07:08 PM

Yes, it's surely weird and surely there is an explanation to this? UC6 is supposed to be a quiet tyre and sounds perfectly quiet on most cars ie. Honda, Toyota etc. But UC6 on Nissan Almera has humming sound, all the cars. I'm surprised this phenomenon is not "news" as most new owner of the Nissan ALmera doesn't make too much noise and accepts it. Perhaps those few critical and fussy drivers which are more sensitive to these sound like me will notice the humming sound while others won't be bothered or even don't know if the sound is actually there since they don't pay attention. I suspect it's either the size of tyres, or different rim design on the Almera which caused this humming, or something else I don't know.

I am not sure if Tan Chong used UC6 to meet the Made in Malaysia criteria. I don't know if XM2 is from Thailand. I'm not really knowledgeable on tyres and don't do survey unless I intend to get a new set of tyres.

As long as the wheel alignment is not corrected and properly adjusted quickly the woong woong sound would persist until the moment the tyre is replaced/removed.

Any new tyre of any brand or series would 'resolve' the annoying noise immediately, only to repeat the irritating incident IF wheel alignment correction is not acted upon.

This post has been edited by zeng: Mar 15 2024, 12:22 PM

Thank for the post. So there is another possibility which is tyres out of alightment. Anyway I've yet to set an appointment with the service centre to bring my vehicle the Continental tyre shop to have them check the condition. Need to take one day leave for this. I suspect it's the tyre which is causing the humming sound as the same model which I tested also showed this same sound. We will see.

Manufacturers would go out of their way to earn little buck or two here and there.

My brother bought a vios many years back (its a vios J btw). Everyone said Toyota is good, trusted but dare I tell you that even Toyota cuts corner. Service in Toyota SC, alignment done by them and yet the tyre are worn unevenly on all 4 sides. Toyota kept denying denying and until some date, my brother suddenly brought back 4 pieces of new tyres from SC (he has changed to Michelin XM2). I cant remember but I feel like its GoodYear GT3.

Update. Nissan service center arranged to have the tyres checked at a Continental outlet yesterday. Conducted all the necessary checks which include balancing, checking of thickness of rubber, test driving the car 3 times after dismantling and installing the tyres and swapping them around. But to no avail, all fail and the humming sound is still there. In other words, the sound is said to be normal on the UC6 and it's not the tyres that are defective.

So, as it stands now, the humming sound is not due to the Continental UC6 tyres or the wheel bearing after being checked at the tyre outlet and service centre. So now, the poor soundproofing of the vehicle is blamed.

I've written Continental Malaysia on this matter to seek clarification while waiting for the report from the Continental tyre outlet where the checks on the tyres were performed earlier to be made available. I asked if the humming sound from the UC6 fitted as standard on the new Nissan Almera is considered to be normal, is there another Continental tyre that will not show this same humming sound.

The Continental tyre outlet notified that there were many other owners who complained on this humming sound as they went to their outlet before this. The issue remains unresolved and the tyre shop also can't advise if another type of tyre will be completely silent on the vehicle as they have not tried.

So,wheel alignnment was not measured let alone making required adjustment?

Wheel alignment not done so I presume it's not a factor. Things that were done:-

1. Balancing of all tyres
2. Checking of thickness of rubber with some kind of needle
3. Checking and adjusting tyre pressure. Tyre pressure was reduced as the current one was found to be a bit high
4. Rotated front tyres to rear and vice versa, in zig-zag position.

All the above did nothing to the humming sound which is still present. In summary, a failed attempt, maybe just a show by the outlet since they already knew the humming sound could not be resolved after many other owners of the new Nissan Almera also went to their outlet to complain on the same thing.

So the cause is not due to the tyres which have been checked to be normal, and it's not due to the wheel bearing. So now the blame is on the poor soundproofing of the car which caused the humming sound to be audible.

I'm still waiting to hear a case of any owner swapping the UC6 tyres out for another tyre on the Nissan Almera 1.0 VLT and found the humming sound to be completely gone. So far, there is none.

As I suggested earlier on, it IS wheel alignment related.

This humming noise would get louder and louder as the days go by until and unless one (or more) of the affected tyre(s) are replaced new.

After resolving humming noise problem temporarily with new tyre(s) replacement, history will repeat by itself as long as the wheel (mis)alignment is not corrected.

This post has been edited by zeng: Apr 2 2024, 08:36 PM

You sound very confident to say it IS wheel alignment related although it is supposition on your part where you could say it MAY be wheel alignment related.

Based on the condition of the vehicle and my experience, it is highly unlikely it's a wheel alignment issue as it does not show any symptoms of a bad wheel alignment apart from the humming sound from the tyres.

Yes, I am.

Well, the test of the pudding is in the eating.

Your car, your call.

check ur wheel bearing

As mentioned in the 1st page and above, wheel bearing checked at service centre to be in good condition.