Whining noise!
I have W205 C250 petrol unit with 7G-Tronic+ automatic tranny. During winter, a strange noise appeared, it sounds like whining. I think it gets worse as temperature drops. It's somewhere below the car, diff or PTO, cannot tell for sure. I've visited service and I've been told that crank's PTO center bearing has been replaced. But... the sound still remains. It is quieter, but the sound is still there. It happens between 55 and 60 km/h, around 84 km/h and around 175 km/h.
What it could be? I'm going nutts, especially because it seems they consider it fixed. |
If it fades under acceleration and is louder when coasting I'd suspect the differential bearings are starting to fail.
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Originally Posted by Mike5215
(Post 7048088)
If it fades under acceleration and is louder when coasting I'd suspect the differential bearings are starting to fail.
What is advice here? What to do? How much would it cost to replace diff bearings? |
mine does this if i accelerate hard when the engine is cold in the winter, figured it was the tranny
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Originally Posted by topsider
(Post 7048114)
mine does this if i accelerate hard when the engine is cold in the winter, figured it was the tranny
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Originally Posted by Terminator1
On a car 1 year old? Jesus... I can say that sound is louder when you reach specific speed and release the pedal, but it lasts for a second. Otherwise, the sound is constant at specific speed. In other words, if you accelerate to 180, you will hear it at 175.
What is advice here? What to do? How much would it cost to replace diff bearings? |
I'm not sure if I have this too but I hear a whining kind of sound when I press on the gas aggressively(not WOT) and I lift off a bit to coast. This is all in D(not Manual and no paddle shifting). The engine has this whining sound, either that's how the engine sounds when it's coasting. It feels like it's trying to decide what gear to be in(usually around 4-6k RPM).
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Originally Posted by Mike5215
(Post 7048219)
It's unlikely but possible. They don't typically rebuild sealed parts. You'd get a new pumpkin under warranty.
It is loudest around 9th or 10th second |
FYI, it's rear differential.
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Sadly this can happen on any car due to poor manufacturing/quality control/materials etc. My Z4 has been fine, but others on the Z4 forum have reported (and had replaced) whining diffs at varying mileage (some just a few thousand).
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Seems that quality today is not the same as it was before. We pay 50K for these cars (or even more).
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Originally Posted by Terminator1
(Post 7104195)
Seems that quality today is not the same as it was before. We pay 50K for these cars (or even more).
Having said that back then they didn't have Internet forums to highlight the flaws. Mercedes make so many millions of these cars, faults are inevitable in a few, just like any other brand. |
It's usually just a bad set of bearings but nobody rebuilds diffs or trannys for consumers. They'll take yours in as a core and give you a fresh reman'd unit. If my math is right you're under on miles. Is warranty handling it?
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Originally Posted by Mike5215
(Post 7104291)
It's usually just a bad set of bearings but nobody rebuilds diffs or trannys for consumers. They'll take yours in as a core and give you a fresh reman'd unit. If my math is right you're under on miles. Is warranty handling it?
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I went to another service for opinion, they recorded the sound, contacted support, and one day after, new diff is on the way! Unbelievable! It was just like that.
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Originally Posted by Terminator1
(Post 7106334)
I went to another service for opinion, they recorded the sound, contacted support, and one day after, new diff is on the way! Unbelievable! It was just like that.
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So I've gotten a sound since the first day inside the car between 71 and 73 mph Even with the radio off there is a notable Harmonic. I haven't been able to identify where it's coming from but it's very annoying
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Originally Posted by tivoboy
(Post 7106922)
So I've gotten a sound since the first day inside the car between 71 and 73 mph Even with the radio off there is a notable Harmonic. I haven't been able to identify where it's coming from but it's very annoying
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Originally Posted by Terminator1
I went to another service for opinion, they recorded the sound, contacted support, and one day after, new diff is on the way! Unbelievable! It was just like that.
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Originally Posted by Mike5215
(Post 7106960)
Yeah I've never known MB to want to pay a local shop to crack open a pumpkin for a bad bearing. Too great a chance of contamination. Glad it worked out.
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It is fixed finally with new diff, no noise anymore. I went through a nightmare on Elm street to get it. But now I can see something else happening just after the diff is sorted out - the car shifts gears around 6600 rpm, well into the red zone! I know for sure that it was at 6200 max yesterday, just at the beginning of the red zone! Is this OK and is it safe?
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Originally Posted by Terminator1
It is fixed finally with new diff, no noise anymore. I went through a nightmare on Elm street to get it. But now I can see something else happening just after the diff is sorted out - the car shifts gears around 6600 rpm, well into the red zone! I know for sure that it was at 6200 max yesterday, just at the beginning of the red zone! Is this OK and is it safe?
It's not safe. |
Originally Posted by auditoamg
(Post 7195214)
They need to readapt your transmission.
It's not safe. |
Originally Posted by Mikе5215_
(Post 7195572)
MIKE5215 YOU ARE A SELFISH *****
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Originally Posted by Terminator1
What? :)
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