Sound from car?
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Sound from car?
My car has always made a noise and maybe someone on this board will know what it is or can share if they have it to.
From a stop or even at a roll of 20 mph if you jab the gas for a second or two when you let of do you get a noticeable "tink" sound from under the car?
Sounds like a bushing or something. But its for sure drivetrain related. I am guessing something is flexing I just want to make sure my car is not faulty. I am about 4k from being out of warranty so I want to address all my issues with the dealership.
From a stop or even at a roll of 20 mph if you jab the gas for a second or two when you let of do you get a noticeable "tink" sound from under the car?
Sounds like a bushing or something. But its for sure drivetrain related. I am guessing something is flexing I just want to make sure my car is not faulty. I am about 4k from being out of warranty so I want to address all my issues with the dealership.
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I get a "tink" sound like metal sliding from under the car. I can dupe it by shifting manually and then letting of the gas at low speeds high rpms. kinda sounds like a linkage or something. IF this is what your talking about I have know idea what it is
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Its very noticeable especially in our parking garage. I hope that is just the linkage shifting its weight around. Just a very odd noise.
The best way to duplicate the sound at home is to smack the back of two spoons together. They will make a pretty good reproduction.
At least I know I am not alone.
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My car has always made a noise and maybe someone on this board will know what it is or can share if they have it to.
From a stop or even at a roll of 20 mph if you jab the gas for a second or two when you let of do you get a noticeable "tink" sound from under the car?
Sounds like a bushing or something. But its for sure drivetrain related. I am guessing something is flexing I just want to make sure my car is not faulty. I am about 4k from being out of warranty so I want to address all my issues with the dealership.
From a stop or even at a roll of 20 mph if you jab the gas for a second or two when you let of do you get a noticeable "tink" sound from under the car?
Sounds like a bushing or something. But its for sure drivetrain related. I am guessing something is flexing I just want to make sure my car is not faulty. I am about 4k from being out of warranty so I want to address all my issues with the dealership.
Took it to the dealer in Saturday and put it on the lift. Couldn't see anything hanging down or stuck in anything (was suspicious that I'd put a twig in a drive shaft or axle. I'll report back what they end up doing to fix it. 
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It could also be the suspension loading and unloading.
Try my sound reproduction experiment. If you smack the backside of two spoons together they will make a Tink very close the sound the car makes.
Its just odd and my car has always done it, I just am glad to not be alone in this...
Try my sound reproduction experiment. If you smack the backside of two spoons together they will make a Tink very close the sound the car makes.
Its just odd and my car has always done it, I just am glad to not be alone in this...
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Yep this is it. If the RPM's are over 3500 and you let off the gas quick it goes "TINK" if your on and off the gas you can make it go tink tink tink.
Its very noticeable especially in our parking garage. I hope that is just the linkage shifting its weight around. Just a very odd noise.
The best way to duplicate the sound at home is to smack the back of two spoons together. They will make a pretty good reproduction.
At least I know I am not alone.
Its very noticeable especially in our parking garage. I hope that is just the linkage shifting its weight around. Just a very odd noise.
The best way to duplicate the sound at home is to smack the back of two spoons together. They will make a pretty good reproduction.
At least I know I am not alone.
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I got my car back on Monday. Heat shield came loose and was intermittently rattling against the drive shaft. Had me hooked up by lunch along with taking care of a couple other minor issues.
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I had that problem myself. Drove over a very steep curb and pushed the driveshaft into the heat shield just where the front of the drive shaft is bolted to the flex disc. This ripped a small hole in the heat shield, the sides of which rubbed against the drive shaft joint and made a terrific noise. I fixed it myself in under 30 min. by getting under the car, removing the offending heat shield, bending it back into shape and reattaching it -- no more noise.
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