No
bad roads, potholes, and being hard on your brakes. Eventually, they will "go bad" due to normal wear and tear.
No, bad front wheel bearings would not prevent a transmission from shifting. If your car has bad front wheel bearings you will notice wheel noise or wheel looseness.
Could be wheel (hub) bearing (s) Brakes wornout or out of adjustment Tire wear due to the bad hub bearings/brakes or even bad shocks or build up of brake dust or a stone in the wheel cover
you hear a sound from the wheel
Chattering/vibration at all speeds. Chattering when brakes are applied. Poor fuel economy. Noise.
Brakes could be bad, or wheel bearings too, des happen when u apply th brakes or just when is rolling? either way answer is probably around the tires
worn or bad wheel bearings will make noise (grinding, humming, etc)
About $500 to replace. They keep your wheel on. If your wheel bearings break off your wheel falls off.
Loose rear lug-nuts, bad wheel bearings, worn suspension bushings/struts, bent control arm, loose/damaged brakes.
Wheel shaking under braking can be caused by a warped rotor. A grinding noise when you turn can be a bad wheel bearing or worn brake pads. Either way you need to have your brakes and wheel bearings inspected immediately. This can be very dangerous. Any decent mechanic can find the problem and repair it.
If you don't replace bad wheel bearings they will seize up and break your drive axle. It would be cheaper to replace them as soon as possible.See "Related Questions" below for detailed procedures for replacing Windstar wheel bearings - really not a terrible job to do.
Bad wheel bearings