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Old 09-11-2005, 07:41 AM
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I have this tinking sound in my 2001 WS6 that occurs usually when I hit an uneven surface in the road. The sound almost sounds like a peice of metal lightly hitting onother piece of metal and even though it sounds like it's coming from the dash kinda I can hear it outside of the car. It does not occur when hitting bumps in the road, only when going over uneven surfaces such as my driveway, or a brick road makes it sound alot. I thought maybe there was a wire for something hanging down and tinking against something because that's almost what it sounds like but I didn't see anything when changing my fuel and oil filter.

Any clue as to what this may be?
Old 09-11-2005, 11:08 PM
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Does it sound like it's coming from the driver side, passenger side, or both? Or just from the middle?
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Does it sound like it's coming from the driver side, passenger side, or both? Or just from the middle?
Sounds like it's probably from the middle.
Old 09-12-2005, 02:32 PM
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check your spare tire and jack. I had a similar issue, it sounded kinda like pots and pans, it turned out they were loose.




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