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avilla02 · 10-08-2007, 09:39 AM

Thanks for the heads up on what to look for.

Unfortunately, the dealer claims they couldn't repeat what I hear when I pulling out of my garage. I believe them when they say everything is "tight" in the suspension, and everything should darn well be. What bothers me is they are making no attempt to identify a noise they are not familiar with. It is noise you have to listen for, and this is not something they will hear in the garage where there is the background noise of other cars being worked on. The steering part checked out fine as it turns out, I guess i'll have to believe them.

I pay close attention to this car and know every little noise, whine, and rumble it makes. This remaining clicking noise is not normal to driving this car, I am getting concerned this could potentially be a serious design flaw and the dealer is either incapable, or not willing to identify it or fix it. I don't mean to be OCD about this, I would just like an explaination of what is causing this and if it's going to become a serious problem. I have 8K miles left on the waranty so I need to decide if it's worth keeping or not. If anyone here can help arm me with knowledge then I can take it back to the dealer and point them in the right direction what to look for specifically.

To recap, it use to click a lot more until both front wheel bearings were replaced by the dealer, then the clicking reduced to when I turn the wheel all the way to the left or right as I back out of my garage. Any takers? Thanks.

-Tony

10-08-2007, 09:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
avilla02 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New York, USA Posts: 10 Gallery: (0)	clicking noises cont'd Thanks for the heads up on what to look for. Unfortunately, the dealer claims they couldn't repeat what I hear when I pulling out of my garage. I believe them when they say everything is "tight" in the suspension, and everything should darn well be. What bothers me is they are making no attempt to identify a noise they are not familiar with. It is noise you have to listen for, and this is not something they will hear in the garage where there is the background noise of other cars being worked on. The steering part checked out fine as it turns out, I guess i'll have to believe them. I pay close attention to this car and know every little noise, whine, and rumble it makes. This remaining clicking noise is not normal to driving this car, I am getting concerned this could potentially be a serious design flaw and the dealer is either incapable, or not willing to identify it or fix it. I don't mean to be OCD about this, I would just like an explaination of what is causing this and if it's going to become a serious problem. I have 8K miles left on the waranty so I need to decide if it's worth keeping or not. If anyone here can help arm me with knowledge then I can take it back to the dealer and point them in the right direction what to look for specifically. To recap, it use to click a lot more until both front wheel bearings were replaced by the dealer, then the clicking reduced to when I turn the wheel all the way to the left or right as I back out of my garage. Any takers? Thanks. -Tony