WinterVX
Member
Hi All,
I have been browsing the forums regularly over the last few months and decided to sign up. I’m hoping someone may be able to give me a straight answers instead of the normal sugar coating answers that the Holden dealers seem to be giving me.
I have a 2001 Commodore VX II S, 5-speed manual, and have minor but annoying problem.
Had the car since December last year, picked it up from a dealer with 81,000kms, and since then have taken the car back in January to have a "clunking" noise looked at but apparently everything turned out ok. Took the car back home and still the same thing. Took it back a month later and this time the clutch was replaced (under warranty) to try overcome this noise. Anyway, long story short the noise is still there but it’s not as bad as it was before they replaced the clutch plate.
This noise occurs in low speeds in reverse or in 1st gear when you engage the clutch pedal (say going up and down the driveway) and get a "clunk".
The sound seems to be worse when changing from 1st to 2nd gear in low speeds as not only do I get a clunk, it's then followed by a knock, almost sounds like something is loose. The clunk is also sometimes present when going over speed humps. Doesn't seem to happen in 3rd through to 5th at all, and is more noticeable in reverse gear.
Given another example where this noise really can become quite loud, give the car some gas, lay off the pedal and give it gas again etc etc...... the clunk is quite audible. May even be some sort of driveline noise? I don’t know…
2 Holden mechanics have both told me the noise is "normal" and cannot be fixed, tho coming up for its 6 month service in a couple of weeks i'll be bringing up the issue again.
Question is, that if it is "normal" and there is someone out there who has had the same problem and have had it fixed, what was done to sort it out?
If anyone can shed some light on this matter it would be great, as it’s driving me insane...
Thanks
I have been browsing the forums regularly over the last few months and decided to sign up. I’m hoping someone may be able to give me a straight answers instead of the normal sugar coating answers that the Holden dealers seem to be giving me.
I have a 2001 Commodore VX II S, 5-speed manual, and have minor but annoying problem.
Had the car since December last year, picked it up from a dealer with 81,000kms, and since then have taken the car back in January to have a "clunking" noise looked at but apparently everything turned out ok. Took the car back home and still the same thing. Took it back a month later and this time the clutch was replaced (under warranty) to try overcome this noise. Anyway, long story short the noise is still there but it’s not as bad as it was before they replaced the clutch plate.
This noise occurs in low speeds in reverse or in 1st gear when you engage the clutch pedal (say going up and down the driveway) and get a "clunk".
The sound seems to be worse when changing from 1st to 2nd gear in low speeds as not only do I get a clunk, it's then followed by a knock, almost sounds like something is loose. The clunk is also sometimes present when going over speed humps. Doesn't seem to happen in 3rd through to 5th at all, and is more noticeable in reverse gear.
Given another example where this noise really can become quite loud, give the car some gas, lay off the pedal and give it gas again etc etc...... the clunk is quite audible. May even be some sort of driveline noise? I don’t know…
2 Holden mechanics have both told me the noise is "normal" and cannot be fixed, tho coming up for its 6 month service in a couple of weeks i'll be bringing up the issue again.
Question is, that if it is "normal" and there is someone out there who has had the same problem and have had it fixed, what was done to sort it out?
If anyone can shed some light on this matter it would be great, as it’s driving me insane...
Thanks
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