Willow
02-28-2004, 08:07 PM
I first stumbled in here a couple of weeks ago and found virtually no one else familiar with the handful of built-in rattles my dealer hasn't been able to do anything about. (No, it's not the gas tank slosh, the rear suspension squeak or the rear seat seat belt.) But I left one off that I CAN'T be alone on, and I was reminded when it popped up repeatedly during a recent long-distance trip.
Whenever the vehicle has been running with the AC on for a while, either on and off on several errands through the day - or after 30-45 minutes in a straight haul - I get a short, intermittent whistle coming out of the center of the dash. It lasts a second or two, and sounds EXACTLY like someone doing a low very unmusical whistle. At first my wife and I thought it was one of the kids screwing around with an annoying noise. That ended the first time we both heard it while both kids were asleep, and we tracked the source to the center vents in the dash. Sometimes it happens just once every 20-30-40 minutes. Sometimes it happens 2-3 times in the space of 5 minutes, and not again for 45 minutes.
The dealer keeps saying it never happens for them, and that they've heard nothing like it. So, is this familiar to anyone of you?
Granted, it's February (soon to be March) and many of you can't imagine having the AC running at this time of year. But in LA it's basically an every day need. (Hey, I was raised in Minnesota, so I've paid my cold weather dues.)
Anyone else have their AC whistling at them?
Whenever the vehicle has been running with the AC on for a while, either on and off on several errands through the day - or after 30-45 minutes in a straight haul - I get a short, intermittent whistle coming out of the center of the dash. It lasts a second or two, and sounds EXACTLY like someone doing a low very unmusical whistle. At first my wife and I thought it was one of the kids screwing around with an annoying noise. That ended the first time we both heard it while both kids were asleep, and we tracked the source to the center vents in the dash. Sometimes it happens just once every 20-30-40 minutes. Sometimes it happens 2-3 times in the space of 5 minutes, and not again for 45 minutes.
The dealer keeps saying it never happens for them, and that they've heard nothing like it. So, is this familiar to anyone of you?
Granted, it's February (soon to be March) and many of you can't imagine having the AC running at this time of year. But in LA it's basically an every day need. (Hey, I was raised in Minnesota, so I've paid my cold weather dues.)
Anyone else have their AC whistling at them?