Changed tire and..hearing bassy hum sound

[littlehuman]

Hi,

I'm taking a month or longer trip to Utah where it is somewhat snowy and cold.

I just replaced my summer tires with cheap all-season tires (advanta hpz-01)..thinking that I would use it for a couple of months and throw/sell it.

The first thing I noticed after driving a couple of miles was that..the new tires make bassy hum~ sound whenever I brake.

I took my friends in my car and asked them if they can hear the sound and...they asked me.." isn't it normal?"

It sounds like I'm either being overly sensitive or it's just characteristic of that cheap tire.

Anyone had a similar situation?

I double confirmed that my tires and wheels are mounted correctly.

[turboawd]

Probably normal.

[littlehuman]

Originally Posted by turboawd

Probably normal.

I guess I have to drive a few days and see if it goes away...Thank you for the reply.

[Rotzy]

Originally Posted by littlehuman

Hi,

I'm taking a month or longer trip to Utah where it is somewhat snowy and cold.

I just replaced my summer tires with cheap all-season tires (advanta hpz-01)..thinking that I would use it for a couple of months and throw/sell it.

The first thing I noticed after driving a couple of miles was that..the new tires make bassy hum~ sound whenever I brake.

I took my friends in my car and asked them if they can hear the sound and...they asked me.." isn't it normal?"

It sounds like I'm either being overly sensitive or it's just characteristic of that cheap tire.

Anyone had a similar situation?

I double confirmed that my tires and wheels are mounted correctly.

The tires on my wife's Lincoln MKC did this as they aged. They started getting louder and louder as the tread wore down. After one particular tire rotation, we noticed an increase in road noise during braking. It was so annoying that we rotated the tires back to their previous location and lived with it until the winter, when we bought new tires. All is quiet now.

I suspect your noise is from inferior tires. Try swapping the tires from front to rear and see if the braking noise gets any better, but ultimately they are just junk.

[Wavy]

Probably just a loud tire

[gvarr03]

I recently switched from RFT summer tires to all-season non-runflat and I too noticed a little humming noise. I suspect it's tire thread pattern nothing major.