Loud Pop in the dash when outside temperature is cool.
Thread Starter
Member
Posts like a V-Tak
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 68
Likes: 0
From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Loud Pop in the dash when outside temperature is cool.
Hi everyone,
The weather is cooler now and every time I start the car in the morning, I hear a pretty loud pop under the dash, does anyone know how I might fix this. I believe it has something to do with the vent doors that are located under the dash.
Thanks
The weather is cooler now and every time I start the car in the morning, I hear a pretty loud pop under the dash, does anyone know how I might fix this. I believe it has something to do with the vent doors that are located under the dash.
Thanks
Senior Member
True Car Nut
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,158
Likes: 0
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
^Sound anything like that video? It'* a noise that popped up randomly for me with the HVAC controls... and last month I heard it while riding in Frank'* (Maymybonneliveforever) 1990 SSE as well.
It doesn't seem to hamper the operation of anything, either. It does seem like vent doors or something.
Senior Member
Posts like a Turbo
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 380
Likes: 1
From: Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Don't know if its that noise in the video, (i didn't watch it, computer has dial up, and not rigged for sound), but i sometimes get a noise that sounds like a flutter. Or rather, a gurgling noise when i turn the HVAC off or do something. Its just a random noise. Never bothered me, but just curious what it is. lol.
Senior Member
Posts like a Supercharger
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 176
Likes: 0
From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
If its that tapping/rattling sound your talking about, I think it has to do with the brakes/abs system charging and rattling the brake pedal... I get that quite often, cool or not....
Senior Member
True Car Nut
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 6,042
Likes: 5
From: Texarkana, Texas
Originally Posted by Cyric78
If its that tapping/rattling sound your talking about, I think it has to do with the brakes/abs system charging and rattling the brake pedal... I get that quite often, cool or not....
Senior Member
True Car Nut
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,158
Likes: 0
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Originally Posted by Cyric78
If its that tapping/rattling sound your talking about, I think it has to do with the brakes/abs system charging and rattling the brake pedal... I get that quite often, cool or not....
Senior Member
True Car Nut
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 6,042
Likes: 5
From: Texarkana, Texas
Originally Posted by repinS
Originally Posted by Cyric78
If its that tapping/rattling sound your talking about, I think it has to do with the brakes/abs system charging and rattling the brake pedal... I get that quite often, cool or not....
Senior Member
Posts like a Supercharger
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 173
Likes: 0
From: peterborough, ontario canada
i noticed my 89 doing it a couple of times when it was still my aunts and had borrowed the car from her. she said it had started doing it when the a/c tanked a couple years ago and that her dealer said not to worry about it it was something with the climate control system.
when i got the car from her last winter i played around with it a bit and it did seem to be when the system switched from defrost to heat to vent etc. since i wasn't spending a grand to redo the a/c system, i figured if the rest of it works...don't worry about it! a year later my "pop" is still "popping" but the climate control system still works fine. someone with more mechanical ability may be able to explain how to fix it...my suggestion is just turn the stereo up louder!
when i got the car from her last winter i played around with it a bit and it did seem to be when the system switched from defrost to heat to vent etc. since i wasn't spending a grand to redo the a/c system, i figured if the rest of it works...don't worry about it! a year later my "pop" is still "popping" but the climate control system still works fine. someone with more mechanical ability may be able to explain how to fix it...my suggestion is just turn the stereo up louder!