A new problem
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Le Mans Master
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From: Camden SC
A new problem
Hey guys, I own a 2012 C6 coupe that I bought new about two years ago. The car has been virtually perfect until just today when I got in to fire her up. After I started the engine, I stepped on the brake to put the car into reverse and I heard a very loud and distinct "CLICK CLACK". I am not talking about the brake relay "click" that is well known and documented in this car. I am talking about a loud "CLACK" that is originating from under the shifter. In fact, if your hand is actually on the shifter (as it would be when you step on the brake to put the car in gear), you can actually feel something moving inside the shifter every time you step on the brake. This movement corresponds exactly with the "click-clack" sound, as if something is loose.
I am guessing that maybe something to do with the neutral safety switch broke loose, but that is only a guess.
Any ideas?
I am guessing that maybe something to do with the neutral safety switch broke loose, but that is only a guess.
Any ideas?
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Le Mans Master
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It's been happening since lunch today, each time I got into the car to drive somewhere. The car is under warrantee and I will be bringing it in. I was just wondering anyone else had ever run into this problem...
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Well I have a service appointment scheduled with my dealer for the day after Christmas. I'll find out what is wrong then, but from what I have read, my money is currently on the brake/transmission interlock solenoid.
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The time to worry is when it stops making that noise at all and your stuck in park. I don't know if that still happens in the later years but early 05, 06 and maybe some 07 it happened a lot.
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Suggeston... keep your ideas to yourself. Let them figure it out. Sometimes it hard to be silent with the normal desire to impress em with your knowledge, but don't.
They have a job and the training. Let em prove it.
They have a job and the training. Let em prove it.
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I now have a new shifter assembly and have not seen the problem again.