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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 11:17 AM
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Squeaking noise from engine on cold start

I have a squeaking noise coming from the engine on cold start. I called the dealership, but they said that they have to hear the noise in order to diagnose it. Unfortunately by the time I drive to the garage which is about 2 miles away, the noise is gone.

Does anyone else have this annoying problem?
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 11:44 AM
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I had this problem twice - took it to the dealer twice and left over night out side. They fixed it - twice.

I did hear it for the third time a while back but seems to have gone away. I don't have my records with me because travelling but I seem to recall the first time they sprayed the belt with some kind of stuff and second time they replaced a belt.

You pretty much need to leave it overnight and hope the fix works first time. Good luck.
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 11:22 AM
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Thanks for your response. I guess the belt as it gets older, does not like cold weather.
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 11:27 AM
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First time was < 15,000 km on the clock and second time was at about 18,000 - I now have 28,000 but car is never parked out side for more than a couple hours.
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 01:07 PM
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Yeah, I heard that once too but it's for a split second and I only heard it once so I didn't see it as a big problem. The day that it did happen it was about 25 degrees so I dunnooooo. GL with that and keep us posted.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 11:50 PM
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I finally decided to take the car to the dealer since I grew tired of hearing the squeaking noise every morning.

First, they changed the idler pulley, but that did not solve the problem. The next day, the V-Belt was replaced, and the noise disappeared.
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