Replacement vechile but clunk noise still there in the VF STORM

[sloys75]

Found this on a Diff specialist site:

Noise: Clunk immediately after taking off from a stop
Cause: Worn slip yoke splines

 

[wogboy_9000]

Do you know how much that would cost to get it rebuild, but like i said in my other VF they put two Diffs in it with the same result. So thats why im not sure if its the Diff

You shouldn't have to rebuild a diff on a brand new car. If it is rebuilt, you certainly shouldn't have to pay for it yourself.

 

[Mearkat]

ok just an update i went to holden and spoke to the foreman about the knocking noise i am still getting, in the new replacement VF,he said to me " funny you say that coz ever since you brought yours and we heard the noise 2 out of 5 VF we test have that noise but customers dont complain" now how do you have a car made in the same factory with the same part and some have that noise and some don't. I then asked him is it only in the wagon he said " he said no also heard it in the sedan also". We need people to complain if you have that noise coz holden seems like they wont do anything to fix this problem.

I have had the exact issue with my VF Calais V sedan. Holden have looked at it twice and are telling me it is tank slap from the fuel in the tank. What a load of crap. I have it booked in next week again to get chrome trim replaced again and wheels balanced again for a vibration felt and heard at 100 km/hr. I love this car, no so fond of after sales though. Please post if you have solved this issue.

 

[gamerguy45]

I've just noticed i was on hill when i picked up my kids this arvo and i took my foot of the brake and the car did not roll back at all so im not sure if the eletric handbrake comes on automatically and when u take off that noise is the handbrake releasing, i tried it again when i got home on a steper hill and the same result didnt roll back at all and i hand a full car. If anyone has any idea about the handbrake if this is normal it would be a good feedback i only know that it helps for hill starts but they didnt say anything about when driving normally that it turns on.

Yeah its perfectly normal it does it automatically on any slight to steep hill must have some sort of sensor to detect the hill. As for the noise I have a clunk with my SSV Redline too but its been the same in every manual commodore I have ever been in. I always thought its was because they make everything for lack of a better word spongy for comfort. I do believe it is slack in the drive line of some sort because when I slow down gearing down it doesn't do it. Personally I'm not bothered considering its manual and just the noise while changing gears is as pronounced.

 

[ejwagon]

I have had the exact issue with my VF Calais V sedan. Holden have looked at it twice and are telling me it is tank slap from the fuel in the tank. What a load of crap. I have it booked in next week again to get chrome trim replaced again and wheels balanced again for a vibration felt and heard at 100 km/hr. I love this car, no so fond of after sales though. Please post if you have solved this issue.

I tend to agree with your dealer regarding the fuel "slap"
I noticed a noise a week after picking up my Calais which mainly occurs when I either pull up quickly or take off abruptly. It did go away but then came back. I finally worked out that if the tank is full, the sound disappeared. As soon as the tank got down a bit the noise came back. If the tank isn't baffled, I would assume fuel sloshing around in a mid mounted tank could be heard in a quiet car?
Does anyone know if anyone with a VE had a similar issue? I assume it would have the same tank set up?
I am happy to be corrected about my theory.

 

[Phil the shearer]

Maybe you could get the car onto a dyno. This might allow you to separate drive line noise from movement noise like this alleged tank slap. Strapped onto a dyno,nothing is gonna move except the driveline.... Just a thought

 

[occtec]

Hi,
I bought a SV6 WAGON in December and i had this clunk issue everytime i take off or reversed cut a long story short, took it to 3 dealers where they replaced everything underneath the vechile without success,then a holden enginier came out same result so i ended up getting a replacement vechile after 3 months waiting for holden to replace it, so i picked up the VF SV6 WAGON STORM, but the funning thing is that noise i was hearing in my old sv6 is still there. I had a VF Evoke sedan for 3months while waiting for my new replacement and i didnt hear that noise at all, so dont know if its a wagon issue or not but driving me crazy.Is anyone eles hearing the same noise if you take your foot off the brake then slowly accelrated you wont get that noise but if you put your foot down not like a left foot but normal you will hear it, to me its not normal but now this is my secound VF so i dont know want it is.

Hey out of curiosity did you ever get this sorted? I'm also experiencing some sort of slap in the driveline mainly noticeable on take-off when foot of the go pedal then immediately back on. Mines a VF SV6 Sedan 2015 Series I

 

[Anthony121]

I tend to agree with your dealer regarding the fuel "slap"
I noticed a noise a week after picking up my Calais which mainly occurs when I either pull up quickly or take off abruptly. It did go away but then came back. I finally worked out that if the tank is full, the sound disappeared. As soon as the tank got down a bit the noise came back. If the tank isn't baffled, I would assume fuel sloshing around in a mid mounted tank could be heard in a quiet car
Does anyone know if anyone with a VE had a similar issue? I assume it would have the same tank set up?
I am happy to be corrected about my theory.

I never heard the fuel slosh around in the VE. I think the VF is a lot quieter car and you can hear other noises which were not noticeable previously.

 

[Kaaiju]

I have the fuel slap on my15 sv6 with stopping or reversing

 

[occtec]

Guys this thread is not regarding fuel slap it's regarding driveline slap, two completely different issues!