I've never had a wheel bearing go in 65k of Mk5 ownership, with spacers and lots of camber.
Is the noise coming from the rear? If so it's probably just the typical Mk5 tyre wear drone from the rear suspension design.
Try swapping front and rear tyres around it'll probably go.
just because you havent had a wheel bearing fail it doesnt someone elses wont fail , its a constant moving part which WILL fail at some point
Yes, I am aware of that.
What I should have perhaps explained more clearly, is that a droning noise often associated with wheel bearing problems is not a wheel bearing problem at all - it's the tyre, especially if it's at the rear.
The OP has said he thinks it's coming from the drivers side rear which, as I know from first hand experience, seems to be the noisiest when suffering from tyre drone. I'm just saying rather than faffing around with replacement bearings after doing the wheel shake test OP should swap his front and rear tyres around, a tyre bearing noise is also constant regardless of surface, where as the droning from the tyre will change depending on the surface.
Wheel bearings are not "common" failure items on this platform of car. I know many peoples personally with Mk5s and can't say I've known any that have had an actual failed wheel bearing.
If the bearing is faulty then replace with a genuine one not a cheap crappy Taiwanese part as they WILL fail.
