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Old July 14th 04, 02:05 PM
Stephen H. Westin
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(varkiliy_jar) writes:

> Hi.
> I'm not a mechanic and havent done anything more complicated than oil
> change, but need to understand this:
> Two kinds of noises:
>
> First:
> 1) metallic trembling noise (guaranteed!) moving from parking spot at
> about 5-10 mph, going backward or forward , going straight ,noise -
> for less than a second ;
> this happens in the morning (car was left overnight), in the evening
> when moving from work parking; any other time I come to complete stop
> with gear in parking and engine stopped; noise is there, if going
> downhill in neutral (my parking spont is nex to the hill) with engine
> running or not running (here, after engine was running for a while
> and brakes work easy, couldns say the same about steering wheel);


Do you have antilock brakes? This sounds like an ABS self-test; my '95
Subaru does the same. Perfectly normal; it's *supposed* to do that.

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