Noise at start up

[NorCalZman]

In "ugh, what now?!" news today....Happened twice today. Hard to tell where it's coming from but it didn't sound like a pulley or anything. (Notice me reflexively turning the camera away from the front of the engine) Starter? DISA? Car runs great. No angry lights on dash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNfyMIlUfiE

[wertyu78]

Mine does the same thing on occasion! I'd love to know as well...

[BCS_ZHP]

I've been around a lot of them and I've never heard that noise before, curious to what you discover it is.

[kayger12]

Sounds like the starter was slow to disengage.

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[Tnhl1989]

I have a rumbling noise when I turn on and off my car. Not sure what that could be really. Good luck though.

[NorCalZman]

Sounds like the starter was slow to disengage.


That sounds very reasonable. Its not making the noise anymore either. Meh. I dont drive the car enough for this to be a big issue. If it starts making the noise constantly I will take it in.

[BRGcoopahS]

Mine does the exact noise. Mainly in the cold. I always assumed it was the starter.

[echo46]

I'm with KG, sounds like the starter. I had similar sound and it turned out to be the starter.

[BCAN]

That happened a couple times when I first got my last car. It went away after a week or so, I dunno why.

[NorCalZman]

after doing more research (search is my friend, duh), a few videos I found had a similar noise and it turned out to be the starter. Most of them changed the starter, but sounds like a couple people have had this sound off and on for a long time. So I guess its not a fix-it-soon or it-will-fail-soon kind of problem.

[nike001]

100%, most definitely the starter.

Mine does it too.

[postitpad]

mine used to make that noise pretty consistently in the cold, I kept waiting for it to get worse but never did.

[BRGcoopahS]

So I guess it's just a quirk and not really a problem?

[Dave1027]

Probably a sticky starter solenoid. Cleaning and lubing it would likely be the fix.