Your 5 ceiling fan noises & what makes them to help you fix your fan

Your ceiling fan is making a noise. If your ceiling fan is whirring, clicking, scraping or grinding or buzzing or humming, it is telling you what the problem probably is. This video explains the most likely cause of your most common ceiling fan noises and what needs to be fixed.
If you need to repair your fan there are countless videos on YouTube covering repairs. In addition, you can find most user manuals of common fans online. This video just covers how to identify the most common noises to help you fix your fan.
Before replacing a capacitor or doing any repairs to fix noises always make sure you have tightened all screws and oiled the unit as just doing those two things solves or reduces most noises.
I forgot to mention in the video, many older homes had fans installed a long time ago using dimmer switches. You often get humming with dimmer switches as most fans were not designed to operate on a dimmer switch.
Here are some customer service or company phone numbers of the most common fan makers.

Harbor Breeze Manufacturer phone number is 1 [phone]
Casablanca [phone]
Hampton Bay 855-434-2678
Hunter 888-830-1326
Minka Aire [phone]
Kichler 1 [phone]
Mathews [phone]
MonteCarlo 1-800-519-4092
Quorum 866-344-3875

Here is a low cost oil I like for fans if I can not locate the oil recommended by my manufacturer.

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[Thattowncar]

i had to turn my volume way up cause i couldnt hear over my own noisy fan

[feiktu]

thank you so much, I managed to find the loose screw at 1am, I couldn't stand the clicking noise, feels good man

[beblessed]

its amazing we are such a throw away society ...and you share easy fixes that take a few minutes ...but no some would rather toss it and spend more time driving to the store then it would take to fix it ...Thanks Robb for keeping it real ...see you in the next one !

[shinehy]

Thank you so much for this video! That rattling noise has been driving me crazy; so loud I couldn't hear myself think! Nothing but quiet breeze now. Thanks a mil!❤

[MrCeilingFanMan]

1:16 my father’s ceiling fan in his bedroom made that same noise that this fan made, and I was growing up wondering why it did that, but back in 2011 when I was 11 going on 12, I started playing around with his ceiling fan and tightened up the screws that on the blades of his ceiling fan, and it haven’t made that noise any more, and it’s been running quiet every since then.

[ladiesgentswegothim]

- Only 1 light bulb of the 3 working
- Pulls the wrong cord for the desired function
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[slydog]

I've got a window fan that I like but it makes a buzzing noise on low and medium but not on high, and it stops immediately when I turn the power off. From your video, it sounds like the capacitor is the problem. This is good info. I'll take it apart, lube it up, change the capacitor and hope that fixes it. This was the information I needed. Thanks!

[QuestsLiveOn]

Just as an add-on to this, I just had a ceiling fan installed and it was making the same noise as he showed in the first part of this video. stopped as soon as you would cut the power to the fan. the problem ended up being the adjustable fan speed knob that was on the wall hooked up to the fan. changed the knob for a switch and it fixed the issue. hope this helps someone out there!

[maggiebee]

Hi Rob, i just wanted to leave you a comment to say thank you for your helpful, practical and informative video. We solved both the clicking and whirring sound of our ceiling fan thanks to you. Thank you again and be well!

[EricThacker-ky]

This was not the first video I watched about fan noises, however this was the first video that was helpful. Thank you for taking the time to post this.

[Ellaroo]

Thanks so much for the help! Installed two second hand fans, and one was making a buzzing noise. Looked at other videos and thought it must be the bearings but we couldn’t get to them. Watched this video and thought it must be the capacitor, however reading through the comments made me realise that it was in fact because the wall switch is a double dimmer switch and it was turned too low on one side. We will look to replace the dimmer switch with normal switches. Thanks

[davidsanderlin]

my fan was making a weird ass noise and after watching this i figured some was loose. turns out the glass housing around the bulb was a little loose so i tightened the screws and it’s silent as a mouse! thanks dude

[espressoshot]

Thank you SO MUCH for making this video!! It just helped me fix my 20+yo ceiling fan ❤

[Handropia]

My toddler fell asleep watching this video. Saving for later! Lol! 😂

[JohnJones-oymd]

#6 - the noise my fan made when I was jossling a small box down from a high shelf perilously close to the ceiling fan, and knocked said box into the spinning blades.

[oscarblom]

Thank you for sharing these solutions. Be safe and well.

[CONNORZEDITSRMIDAF]

Woke up this morning to find my fan buzzing super loudly thought they're was a bug in my ear. Thanks this really helped

[VaurionX]

This was a very helpful video. You helped me pin down that my problem is likely electrical. Thank you!

[itwizpro]

I discovered that the buzzing sound coming from my fan (stopped at power off) was fixed by moving the reverser switch on the fan up and down a few times. Maybe this will help somebody down the road.

[leew]

Thankyou same noise as yours on a new fan just installed - and it was loose fan screws on the blades 👍👍 ty