Metall1ca

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When there's a clunk, it's a safe assumption that it's the twin clutches engaging.

Jestr71

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coming from engine bay. only happens once in the morning when car sitting cold. happened with my xterra also. sounds as if something is winding up for a sec then pop. and it happens right as i start rolling forward.

Bom's Evo

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This is a Rally derived car.

If you ever listen to a real rally car you'd think something was broken. All whining of the dog box trans, the diffs, the turbo antilag.
Also, EVO's make a little more noise...especially the older ones.

4 cylinder turbo car...

Burkeyro

I'll tell ya, this is my first AWD and I was soooo paranoid when I first started driving it, always thought something was breaking. 10000 miles later, I just don't care, if something breaks, that's why I have a 100,000 mile warrenty Drive it like you stole it. it'll let you know when something is actually wrong. LOL

Jestr71

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so today i was at burger king drive thru, was in normal manual mode. as i was going thru the parking lot in 1rst or 2nd cant remember, my bag tipped over so i was picking it up and all of a sudden the car comes to a halt and the absolute loudest bang, clunk, whatever happened. sounded as if the whole under side of the car fell off. drives fine though.....wth? this cant be normal

RotorGlow

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Large *clunks* are typically solenoids. I would imagine there are quite a few of them on this car, so I'm betting thats what we are hearing. Probably just the tranny or something in the awd system.

higgs

5.5kmiles here i get the same noise often when i start to roll from a dead stop... no problems thus far!