I'm glad I found this discussion because now I know I'm not alone. First off, I love the C-Max, it handles and rides very well, with plenty of power.....but this wheel/tire/ road noise is a serious problem. In all the cars I have owned in my 41 years of driving I have never had a wheel bearing problem. I have a 2013 C-Max with 40,000 miles. Late last year with about 25,000 miles noise started coming from front end. Turned out to be a right front wheel bearing which was replaced under warranty. Noise got better. Six months later noise started getting bad in the back.....to the point that conversation in the car was difficult. Brought it in to dealer and both rear wheel bearings were bad, again replaced under warranty. They rotated tires at the same time. Now left front in noisier than anything I have ever heard driving a car. I called back to Dealer and he said the noise is probably from the tires (which may have been damaged as a result of the wheel bearings being bad??) This is a serious quality issue and will give the C-Max a terrible reputation, not to mention the five or six recalls already.
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