New member and mechanically ignorant. I wonder if someone could give me a few potential options for this . . . I have had a very slowly progressing rattle (started last august) that is now getting increasingly, well, rattly! It doesn't happen when the engine is cold, only warm and generally after a 50m or so journey.
The A160 I have is automatic. The rattle happens when the car is in low revs and just before or after a gear change when there's a fair bit of vibration. Classic is coming off the motorway, going round a roundabout and just as I exit and the auto box moves from 2nd to 3rd and over 30mph I get a metallic rattle. Lifting off the accelorator and / or changing into neutral kills the rattle - so it isn't brakes or steering.
Perhaps interestingly, if I knock the gears down so the revs are higher and the gear lower, the rattle goes. It does seem to be a vibration rattle at low revs coinciding with a gear change.
If I had a manual, I'd say I was changing gears too early.
I have no other obvious gearbox problems - it always selects gear fine, no odd noises at high revs. The car is fantastic otherwise.
Interested to know whether this is leading to total gearbox failure, or something less expensive???
The A160 I have is automatic. The rattle happens when the car is in low revs and just before or after a gear change when there's a fair bit of vibration. Classic is coming off the motorway, going round a roundabout and just as I exit and the auto box moves from 2nd to 3rd and over 30mph I get a metallic rattle. Lifting off the accelorator and / or changing into neutral kills the rattle - so it isn't brakes or steering.
Perhaps interestingly, if I knock the gears down so the revs are higher and the gear lower, the rattle goes. It does seem to be a vibration rattle at low revs coinciding with a gear change.
If I had a manual, I'd say I was changing gears too early.
I have no other obvious gearbox problems - it always selects gear fine, no odd noises at high revs. The car is fantastic otherwise.
Interested to know whether this is leading to total gearbox failure, or something less expensive???
Last edited:
