Ness’ Outpost

My 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier had squeaking hub caps. It was rather embarrassing, especially in the beginning and end of summer when the carpool and myself tend to travel with the windows down. Getting the vehicle up to 40 km/h is approximately when the squeaking would start. Then I needed to answer the question, “What’s that noise, is something wrong with your car?”.

The problem in my case is not that the hub caps are deformed, but that the little rubber pads along the outer rim of the hub cap have been lost in the natural life of the hub cap.

You can buy new hub caps, but a cheaper solution exists.
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A month or so ago when I set the blower in my Chevrolet Cavalier (named Penelope) to settings 1 or 2 the blower didn’t run, but settings 3 and 4 worked just fine. That told me the blower motor was fine after a quick inspection of the HVAC electrical diagram in my Haynes manual. It also told me that it must be the resistor block since there is only one power line from the battery which loops through the 4 signal wires and the resistor block.
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