In the mornings, after turning on the car and changing gears to "drive", when I accelerate, I hear a clicking noise under the hood. It almost feels like a twig is caught beneath the hood, and is being dragged. After the car changes from 1st gear to the 2nd, everything is normal. This only happens if I turn on my car after leaving it off for a while. Is the phenomenon unusual?
Also, is it good to warm up the engine everyday before driving the car? If yes, does the engine have to be at a certain RPM before we know that the engine is sufficiently warmed up?

Thank you
-s-

 

Ah-ha! It may be the same problem I faced.

Let me do a quick search to find the thread...

*edit, ~https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...tapping+noises


Do you know where the sound was from?

 

seinfeld, this could be the ABS doing its check. I get that on mine too and when I called in to the dealer they said it's perfectly normal. In my case it only does it once, as soon as I accelarate in the morning and I usually never heard it again while driving.

Hope this helps!

 

Thanks to iamhomin and carbongreytsx. I looked at the discussion you pointed me to, iamhomin. However, the symptoms seem to be different. I get this clicking noise even on a clear sunny day. I have another car with ABS, but that car doesn't have this clicking noise when I start. Could this be something else carbongreytsx?

Thanks
-s-

 

Sounds bad, clicking is bad....go to your dealer and have it check out.