Jap
05-14-2011, 09:16 PM
I've never noticed this before, probably because I usually have my windows up or I'm blasting loud music. This morning me and my buddy where driving down his apartment's sheltered parking. He had his passenger window rolled all the way down, and he noticed some strange "tin can" or metal dragging noise, with a light "clunk" as I turned to slow down and park.
So I let my friend drive it around and sure enough, I can hear the dragging metal noise 20-30 feet away while he's turning and slowing down. The clunking sound comes up when the car makes for a corner. We parked the car and tried turning the wheel all the way to the left/right. There's a light clunking sound as we turn the wheel.. I'm not sure if that's supposed to be normal or not, but it didn't sound very normal to me.
And also I have this other inconsistent noise I've been hearing for more than 2 weeks now (sometimes its there, sometimes its not). When I rev my car up into a higher rpm, or whenever I'm accelerating.. some weird "chattering" or metal-chirping noise comes off from the front passenger side. I hear it the loudest when I'm turning right and accelerating out of a turn. It stops when I let go of the gas pedal. The noise sometimes comes out when I get going from a red light or a stop sign. Usually when I shift from 1st to 2nd, the metal chirping noise is there while I'm stepping on the gas pedal.
Do you guys think both of these noises are somehow related? I haven't done any mechanical mods to my car yet, all I have is an open mouth grill and tinted windows. My car is pretty much bone stock. It's a 2007 4dr GX, I got it used with 80k clicks from Mazda of Brampton.
I've done a bit of searching too, and this thread http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?52453-Clunking-sound-while-turning-corners-with-potholes has similar problems, but I'm still unsure of what's causing the problem. I just want to get an idea before I bring it to my dealer on monday.
:bang
So I let my friend drive it around and sure enough, I can hear the dragging metal noise 20-30 feet away while he's turning and slowing down. The clunking sound comes up when the car makes for a corner. We parked the car and tried turning the wheel all the way to the left/right. There's a light clunking sound as we turn the wheel.. I'm not sure if that's supposed to be normal or not, but it didn't sound very normal to me.
And also I have this other inconsistent noise I've been hearing for more than 2 weeks now (sometimes its there, sometimes its not). When I rev my car up into a higher rpm, or whenever I'm accelerating.. some weird "chattering" or metal-chirping noise comes off from the front passenger side. I hear it the loudest when I'm turning right and accelerating out of a turn. It stops when I let go of the gas pedal. The noise sometimes comes out when I get going from a red light or a stop sign. Usually when I shift from 1st to 2nd, the metal chirping noise is there while I'm stepping on the gas pedal.
Do you guys think both of these noises are somehow related? I haven't done any mechanical mods to my car yet, all I have is an open mouth grill and tinted windows. My car is pretty much bone stock. It's a 2007 4dr GX, I got it used with 80k clicks from Mazda of Brampton.
I've done a bit of searching too, and this thread http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?52453-Clunking-sound-while-turning-corners-with-potholes has similar problems, but I'm still unsure of what's causing the problem. I just want to get an idea before I bring it to my dealer on monday.
:bang