Engine sounds different when in reverse.
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Transmission sounds different when in reverse.
My car has around 1500 miles on it. Since I have had it, I have noticed that when I place the car in R to back out of the garage the engine sound is significantly different then when the car is in P and idling or in D when driving. I didn't think much of it until my wife even noticed it today while she was outside of the car waiting for me to back out. Has anyone else noticed a different engine sound while in reverse?
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I have tranny noise when the car is in D and R like grrrrrrrr or kinda diesel motor sound. very hard to hear it but I can definately hear it in my underground parking lot. Is this normal?
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Transmission sounds different when in reverse?
Okay, Has anyone noticed a different Transmission sound when their car is placed in R, even before the car starts to move in reverse?
The sound is a deeper tone or pitch, not a grinding or clicking.
The sound is a deeper tone or pitch, not a grinding or clicking.
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I dropped it off at Audi Service yesterday so that they could cold start the car this morning. They have informed me this morning, that the sound I am hearing is the turbo at start up and there is no correlation to putting the transmission in reverse. It just happens that I am starting the car and immediately backing out of the garage.
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Next time you park, back into your garage. I bet you will hear the same sound when you drive out. The engine sounds significantly different when you cold start the car; it doesn't matter if you drive forward or in reverse.
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No, the response did not 100% satisfy me.
dk1, that is exactly what I am going to try next. I am also going to let the car warm up a little bit longer.
On the morning I took the car in, I started the car and it sounded like a low growl as I backed out of the garage. I had left something in the garage, so I put the car in park and left it idling in the driveway as I went back to the garage. Once I went back to the car and backed out of my driveway it sounded fine.
dk1, that is exactly what I am going to try next. I am also going to let the car warm up a little bit longer.
On the morning I took the car in, I started the car and it sounded like a low growl as I backed out of the garage. I had left something in the garage, so I put the car in park and left it idling in the driveway as I went back to the garage. Once I went back to the car and backed out of my driveway it sounded fine.
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On the morning I took the car in, I started the car and it sounded like a low growl as I backed out of the garage. I had left something in the garage, so I put the car in park and left it idling in the driveway as I went back to the garage. Once I went back to the car and backed out of my driveway it sounded fine.
BTW, my neighbor asked me if the car had a diesel engine when he heard it started cold.
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