jigga619

Sometimes when I start my car I notice that my vent is on. The light for the vent is on even though the knob is in the "OFF" position. Anyone else ever have that happen to with their cars?

raunen

I don't know if this is related to your problem, but I noticed a weird/strange sound yesterday while riding in my car. I was hoping it would go away but it hasn't.

This is my best description: it sounds like it's coming from the passenger side, and it is similar to holding a sea shell to your ear. It picks up when I accelerate and then decimates into a soft rumble when I come to a stop; I hope you find this amusing but this is really the best I can describe it. It only happens when the car is moving, at 15mph or greater.

I checked that the rubber door seals are not compromised, and that all the windows are properly closed. Also checked my sunroof. I just can't figure out what the sound is. It's quite noticeable even when I play the radio loud. I noticed it yesterday morning for the first time, and it hasn't gone away.

I wonder if it's a vent problem and there's wind rushing through an open valve... Anyone with ideas?

raunen

OK so passengers in my car swear the sound is coming from the driver side (so sound travels, maybe they are right). I wonder if it's a fan malfunction. Anyone know if there is anything - can check myself?

raunen

I took my car in this morning. They thought at first I needed an adjustment to my emergency brake, but that didn't fix it. After half a day's worth of investigating, they found that the driveshaft center bearing was a little loose. They replaced it.

What is a driveshaft center bearing and how does it get loose? Time to google. Turned out nothing to do with the vents. Going to pick up the car in an hour, hopefully it is fixed as they say. They gave me a loaner (05 c240 4matic).

vadim

This is a classic example of a thread hijacking. Your problem clearly has nothing to do with the one described by the original poster. Why didn't you start a new thread? Ethical issue aside, that way you would get a better chance of getting the right answers.

raunen

If I had known that my car problem had nothing to do with a vent problem, I would not have posted in this thread. Perhaps the moderator can move my posts to the appropriate thread now that the problem is diagnosed.

The sounds in the car sounded like wind/vent related sounds. My initial conjecture was that a vent was stuck in an open position. I am not a mechanic and that was my best guess.

Part of the dilemna with this board is that one has to know what the problem is in many cases to post in the appropriate thread. That is akin to knowing the spelling for a word to look it up in a classic printed dictionary. One could be off. I assure you my intentions were not to hijack anything... If you have other comments or suggestions feel free to email me directly.

vadim

Since this thead is short, you can delete all your posts, then create a new thread and repost all your stuff there.

The original poster asked about vent illumination not going off. Not sure how this can be tied to sounds coming out of the vents. No mutimedia here.

inFiniTE LooP

there's a light in the vent?