Recently, my car has been making a whining sound when downshifting, especially at higher speeds. It does not do it when upshifting.

The whining only happens for about the first 10 minutes upon driving and then everything is fine. My commute to work is about 45 min to an hour so I have been noticing this every morning and then when I leave, but it clears up about 10 minutes or so into driving.

Any ideas?

 

After your transmission fluid warms up there is less gear noise.

 

 

I highly doubt I can downshift, hold the steering wheel, and record the sound at the same time....lol

 

Well the sound clip is best but how far are you from passic county, Maybe I can hear it in person?

 

You have two options. You can either leave the recorder running while your driving or have a passenger do it for you. Either way a recorder usually records continuously after you push the button.

 

im sure its just normal every evo i have heard of makes a noise when down shifting. its the throw out bearing. mine has done it since day one. if you rev match exactly right it wont do it at all.

 

if you thinking its a new issue...try flushing your fluids.

 

approaching 13K so will be getting the 15K service soon so I guess it should be flushed then.

 

Throw 3 qt. redline shockproof light in it and learn to rev-match. The fluid is changed not flushed unless you have one of those automatic evos. Have a nice day.

 

automatic evos huh...now that is something new. Pardon my inappropriate terminology

 

My evo doesnt make sounds when downshifting, but i do rev match ( especially when going into a corner)....

i would agree with the changing the fluids comment.... ( changed mine last week)

 

my first instincts would have been that the fluid did not warm up, but the mornings have been around 70 or so to start. Like I said, it is only within the first 10 minutes of driving. I will get the fluid attended to.

 

A little stab at the gas on the downshift makes your tranny happy for sure.

 

+1....give a little throttle and let off when downshifting....works wonders...