Wondering if anyone else has encountered this noise so far. I have started having a metallic clank sound when I first engage gears after startup. I rotate the dial to the gear I want, a second later it engages (I can feel it engage because the car tries to move but I am holding it back with the brakes) and then I hear a CLANK. Occasionally it does seem to occur when changing from drive to reverse/reverse to drive even after the car has warmed up and been driven for a bit, but any time I have heard it in those conditions it seems to be quieter.
Now, this does not happen every single time, but as you will hear in the linked video it can be quite loud. I also hear it sometimes after I’ve been driving for a bit and I go to engage reverse, and also every once in a while I notice it faintly at random times when I go to accelerate from a standstill. It is definitely at its loudest/worst when I have just started it up cold and put it into gear for the first time - my guess is because of the elevated idle speed at cold startup.
Tonight I listened to it a bit more, and while I initially thought it was coming from the transmission, I’m almost more inclined now to think it’s coming from the rear end, transfer case, or a joint in the driveshaft as I noticed the sound sounded more rear-biased than anything else. The sound reminds me of a sloppy u-joint but I haven’t been able to get under the car to have a look (fat guy problems).
Wondering if anyone else has encountered this and what, if anything, was the solution?
Now, this does not happen every single time, but as you will hear in the linked video it can be quite loud. I also hear it sometimes after I’ve been driving for a bit and I go to engage reverse, and also every once in a while I notice it faintly at random times when I go to accelerate from a standstill. It is definitely at its loudest/worst when I have just started it up cold and put it into gear for the first time - my guess is because of the elevated idle speed at cold startup.
Tonight I listened to it a bit more, and while I initially thought it was coming from the transmission, I’m almost more inclined now to think it’s coming from the rear end, transfer case, or a joint in the driveshaft as I noticed the sound sounded more rear-biased than anything else. The sound reminds me of a sloppy u-joint but I haven’t been able to get under the car to have a look (fat guy problems).
Wondering if anyone else has encountered this and what, if anything, was the solution?
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