I’ve read a few other threads describing clicking noises suggesting transmission, suspension, or other reasons as causes… I know there are supposedly "normal" clicking sounds that come with the 8-speed transmission.
I've got a new 2014 GC Limited which is making the clicking noise in the attached video. (The video quality is not great. I’m recording it with my phone holding it out the driver's window.)
It is best heard at lower speeds inside a parking garage, where you can hear the echo off the walls if the window is down. (But I can hear it when driving outside too, when the window is down at slower speeds, up to about 35 mph. At faster or highway speeds, there's too much vehicle sound to still hear it.)
It seems to be coming from the front driver's side, and is rotational - faster clicking when the car is going faster, slower clicking when slower. It seems to be worse when I'm turning to the right, but I also hear it when going straight. It seems to be faint when turning left, though that's not heard as well on the video. There seems to be no correlation with shifting or what gear it is in.
I’ve had it back to the dealer THREE times and they can’t reproduce it or figure it out. On the second visit I did point it out to a technician who definitely acknowledged it, but then apparently couldn’t reproduce it. On this third service visit, they “removed both front wheels, rotors, calipers, cleaned and tightened all bolts. Tightened axel nuts on both sides, reinstalled calipers, rotors, tires.”
I’m rather dissatisfied with their service, but I do think the noise is most noticeable after the vehicle has warmed up, so if one starts it up after being parked and tries to hear it immediately, it is not present, or at least far less noticeable.
Anybody experiencing this or have any thoughts?
Thanks.
I've got a new 2014 GC Limited which is making the clicking noise in the attached video. (The video quality is not great. I’m recording it with my phone holding it out the driver's window.)
It is best heard at lower speeds inside a parking garage, where you can hear the echo off the walls if the window is down. (But I can hear it when driving outside too, when the window is down at slower speeds, up to about 35 mph. At faster or highway speeds, there's too much vehicle sound to still hear it.)
It seems to be coming from the front driver's side, and is rotational - faster clicking when the car is going faster, slower clicking when slower. It seems to be worse when I'm turning to the right, but I also hear it when going straight. It seems to be faint when turning left, though that's not heard as well on the video. There seems to be no correlation with shifting or what gear it is in.
I’ve had it back to the dealer THREE times and they can’t reproduce it or figure it out. On the second visit I did point it out to a technician who definitely acknowledged it, but then apparently couldn’t reproduce it. On this third service visit, they “removed both front wheels, rotors, calipers, cleaned and tightened all bolts. Tightened axel nuts on both sides, reinstalled calipers, rotors, tires.”
I’m rather dissatisfied with their service, but I do think the noise is most noticeable after the vehicle has warmed up, so if one starts it up after being parked and tries to hear it immediately, it is not present, or at least far less noticeable.
Anybody experiencing this or have any thoughts?
Thanks.
