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Originally Posted by Balboa
It doesn't seem speed related. But I would guess it occurs mostly at 20-50mph it would seem. Right now I am thinking it might be brake pads. But I would describe it as a high pitched metal scraping sound. Sometimes it seems like it's coming from both sides. But most of the time it seems like it's coming from the right side.
Something not related to this metal noise is a faint whale type sound the car makes. Or kind of like a sound a baby chewbacca from the star wars movie would make. It's a weird animal type sound. This sound mostly happens when the car is off and parked, lol. Sound is hard to describe. But I think the sound is coming from the IMA battery maybe? Spooky stuff.  |
I defer to better judgements & not sure if this may have any bearing or relevanance, but it nails
both brakes and animal noises:
From the
HONDA Service News November 2002"ABS Grunts When Doing a Self-Check"
"NOTE: This article applies to ’98–03 Accords, ’96–03 Civics, ’00–03 S2000s, ’97–01 Preludes, ’00–03 Insights, ’03 Pilots, ’98–03 Odysseys, and ’97–03 CR-Vs.
"If the owner of a vehicle equipped with a “compact” ABS complains of hearing a grunt or groan when backing or moving the vehicle forward after it’s been sitting awhile, it may just be the ABS doing its self-check. A compact ABS has a modulator, a pump, and an accumulator all rolled into one, and the system is designed to do a selfcheck when the vehicle is moved forward or backward after sitting. So the grunt is normal; it doesn’t mean there’s a problem with the ABS.
"You can demo to your customer how this ABS self-check works by connecting the PGM Tester to the 16P data link connector, and running the function test. (This test cycles the ABS solenoid and runs the ABS pump.) The noise from the test may be louder than the noise made by the ABS self-check, but it lets your customer hear the noise and helps you determine if the noise is ABS related or coming from another source. "
I've heard mine make brief sounds seemingly from the right rear area only as much as could tell ... it's a brief occurrence lasting maybe only a sec at best, ...but for only a few times after the car's sat for maybe a week and then started.
It occured when about to back up, or in the first few inches easing back, engine running, in the cold, foot off the brake.
I've only had to adjust the parking brake to eliminate a minor loose cable issue that kind of 'chuffed' vs. squealed like pad indicators.
Weird noises: High pitched metal noise / And faint whale sound
