Clicking from drive train when accelerating and decelerating
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Heel & Toe
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Clicking from drive train when accelerating and decelerating
When driving my 2012 GS with 60K on the odo I am hearing a single click when I step into the gas and a double click when I let off. Sound is coming from the trans area.
No other issues, not affecting driveability or anything else that I can tell, just an annoying clicking sound that has never been there before.
No other issues, not affecting driveability or anything else that I can tell, just an annoying clicking sound that has never been there before.
Racer
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When driving my 2012 GS with 60K on the odo I am hearing a single click when I step into the gas and a double click when I let off. Sound is coming from the trans area.
No other issues, not affecting driveability or anything else that I can tell, just an annoying clicking sound that has never been there before.
No other issues, not affecting driveability or anything else that I can tell, just an annoying clicking sound that has never been there before.
Instructor
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My 2011 GS with only 12700 miles has the same sound since I bought it last year. It sounds like it comes from the the front, sometimes the center, but its hard to tell.
I'm just figuring its a vette sound. It seems like they all have their own personality of sounds.
I'm just figuring its a vette sound. It seems like they all have their own personality of sounds.
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A little bit more info - M or A?
Sound coming from straight start/stop? Or when turning?
Motor mounts are not the issue, axle nuts not probably if the start/stop is on a straight line.
How about the sound. Does it sound metalic? Electronic?
Sound coming from straight start/stop? Or when turning?
Motor mounts are not the issue, axle nuts not probably if the start/stop is on a straight line.
How about the sound. Does it sound metalic? Electronic?
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Heel & Toe
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Its a manual, it definitely sounds metallic. Its when accelerating from either a stop or while moving. Its not when the wheel is turned that I am aware of.
Last edited by Peter Kelly; Sep 29, 2017 at 10:29 AM.
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Le Mans Master
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These are definitely not the symptoms of loose axle nuts and definitely not motor mounts. It cannot hurt trying the axle nuts for tightness as it is so easy to do, but if they're loose it is coincidental to this sound.
If you're getting a rhythmic metallic click while moving (you didn't mention "while moving" in the first post), starting, stopping, then need to start looking at bearings somewhere. These could be wheel bearings, torque tube bearings, etc. Numerous places including internal bearings in the trans or differential. I couldn't begin to narrow anything without hearing it in person.
Last edited by BlindSpot; Sep 29, 2017 at 12:16 PM.
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Peter:
There is another thread on exactly this same subject (which I just now bumped up): "C6 Clicking Noise".
Note in particular Post #8 on that thread which summarizes what my dealer said.
Please be sure to post if you succeed in getting a definitive diagnosis.
BTW, your + my posts provide a clue: Click is there for both manual and AT.
There is another thread on exactly this same subject (which I just now bumped up): "C6 Clicking Noise".
Note in particular Post #8 on that thread which summarizes what my dealer said.
Please be sure to post if you succeed in getting a definitive diagnosis.
BTW, your + my posts provide a clue: Click is there for both manual and AT.
Last edited by 235265283...; Sep 29, 2017 at 01:25 PM. Reason: BTW
