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Old 04-28-2012, 09:06 PM
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Any idea what this noise could be from? With the car in drive if I just barely put any pressure on the accelerator pedal I get a vibration noise from the dash behind the guage cluster. Kind of like a soft tapping plastic on plastic type of noise. I don't even have to move it at all, just barely put pressure on it. It will also do it under light acceleration. I can literally put it in drive and just touch the pedal with my fingers and I get the noise. Driving me nuts.

Started after I got in a race with an srt last week, went from like a 20mph roll and the car lerched real hard on the downshift to first and then again on the shift from 1st to 2nd. Right after that the noise started.
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Finally figured this out and figured I'd update with the solution in case anyone else has something similar.

Went to replace my PCV valve because the boot was cracked and when I pulled it off the piece in the back just came apart. Replaced it and my noise in the dash is now gone.



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