Weird noise on a cold engine when driving off after reversing.

[wpisdu]

Hey guys,

I’ve recently started experiencing weird noise when I drive forward after reversing on a cold engine. The noise itself is very hard to describe. What happens is that I get into the car in the morning, reverse out of my car spot, stop the car, engage drive, hit the pedal and at around 12km/h I can hear this weird, very short noise, single knock, like something is locking into the place. It’s definitely coming from under the hood and I’m almost sure I can feel it. This makes me to think it’s something to do with the drivetrain - flywhell? This never happens on the warm engine and it doesn’t happen every time on the cold engine. No other symptoms.

I can only assume this will be a painful process to get it diagnosed by the service as it’s really hard to replicate it, so I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem before and possibly got it fixed?

Thanks!

[smarty]

When mines cold and I reverse out a drive which is on an incline, when I move to D and then coast and roll down the hill (backed off the accelerator) my gearbox/engine sorta makes a couple loud noises (sorta grinding), only happens when it’s cold. I just put it down to being cold and everything’s not up to operating temp yet *shrugs*

[wpisdu]

When mines cold and I reverse out a drive which is on an incline, when I move to D and then coast and roll down the hill (backed off the accelerator) my gearbox/engine sorta makes a couple loud noises (sorta grinding), only happens when it’s cold. I just put it down to being cold and everything’s not up to operating temp yet *shrugs*

Thanks but it’s not that. It’s a single noise, similar to the one when the car locks the doors but it’s different, it’s coming from under the hood and I can feel it, it happens once and won’t happen again until I reverse again on cold but that’s not always the case.
I already accepted the grinding noise on cold as it happens to everyone and according to VW it’s a car characteristic lol. Those noises are making me want to switch to the new 2019 RAV4. It’s pity because I really like this car but I have a feeling that the DSG will break as soon as the warranty is over.


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[Guest001]

ABS unit resetting itself was mentioned some time ago

[iDiesel]

Those noises are making me want to switch to the new 2019 RAV4. It’s pity because I really like this car

It’s good to see Toyota starting to design interesting vehicles again, but the difference in torque between the two cars is a big drawcard of the VW for me

[wpisdu]

ABS unit resetting itself was mentioned some time ago

Someone on the other forum suggested the air-con clutch engaging after reversing. I will take that for now and see if I will get that noise with AC turned off.


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