Had since the car was new Enough people complain they will recall it. Usually takes someone to get hurt. So much for the best backed cars in the world. I get sick to my stomach when I see that on TV.

 

I think most people have this rattle. Does anyone NOT have this rattle when their AC is on?

 

the rattle is disgustingly embarrassing in mines. especially with the the cusco clutch...chatter and rattle...only when everything is running hot it goes away. its sick when its cold....

 

Consider yourself lucky. With the stock clutch, it's usually quiet when cold and then gets loud when the car warms up.


Cabo

 

My 03 had it and my 05 has it as well. No big deal.

 

Its completely normal. Ask the guys in the DSM community, they have dealt with it for years.
Mine started doing it around 5k also and I drove on it for 30k miles like that untile I changed my clutch and TO bearing. About 5k later and its back, no biggie. Its just the design and when it starts to loosen up with a little wear you can hear it.

If you notice it goes away when the clutch is enguaged. The best place to notice the noise is in the drive thru. You can hear it echo of the wall.

 

It truely is just part of a sports car, I used to have a porsche 944 turbo, it wasnt even all-wheel-drive, but that clutch chattered like there was no tomorrow!! My evo makes that same noise, its completely normal, no worries fellas! You can't expect perfection for $30,000 or even for twice that. So everyone relax, go have a beer stop worrying about every sound you hear and just enjoy your car.

 

I'm considering making this quote my sig.

Cabo

 

Cabo, you rock, enough said!

 

My noise is more like a Knocking. I swear that it sounds like a rod. When I push the clutch pedal down to the floor, it goes away. My noise started at 4800 miles, and I got it looked at by the dealer @ 5400 miles. Of course, they said that this is normal. What does normal mean? Correct or Common.

My understanding is that you hear it more with the AC on or when the fans kick on, because there is more load on the engine.

My noise quit when I change the tranny fluid out @ 15K with Royal Purple. I noticed this weekend that the noises are back. 20,850 miles.

 

Mine is the opposite. My noises are extremely worse when the fluid would be hot. But I have all original parts. I am surprise, from some of the latest articles in the mags and post of this website, I still have a clutch to drive on. Maybe since I have had noises since 4800 miles, I am babying it too much.

 

It is definately the TOB. It was driving me crazy and thought the same thing that it was the DP tapping the transfer case, but lo and behold the clutch depression cures it. Yes I have had 8 DSM's over the last 10 years. Only thing I recall is that we used to use the plastic sleeved Mitsu TOB's vs the ones that can with the ACT kit. Sorry Dirk, I am sure you have made improvements since then. I have owned 3x 2600's.

BTW the noise is amplified with cams as stated earlier. 272s here.