My car has never really gave me to much problems besides that time i blew my transmission .. but now when ever i get on her off the line or give her at least 1/2 throttle on a low speed turn i hear what sounds like a heavy metallic rattle sound. What could this be ? im not looking for an answer just some suggestions so i know where to look.

where is the noise coming froM?

sounds like front end ... driver side ...

ive been getting that same problem but i dont know what the hell it is. mine isnt that heavy and i only notice it sometimes when i first start the car but the same thing is pretty much happenin to me too. anyone know what it is?

very first thing I would check would be the placement of the aluminum heat sheilding above your exhaust. that can make the loudest noise inside the cab, and it sounds like it is coming from up front somewhere.

also (if you have stock exhaust pipes) check the sheilding around those.

will check the sheild tonight thanks guys
i think it could be a blown shock also ... dunno though thanks for the help .. ill let you guys know what it is

Could it be the CV joints?

i get the same thing....its freakin annoying
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i always thought it was something in the trans... like if the rpms are low and you give it gas it will do that (for me), well, before the trans rebuild, now it does it very slightly

Look into the cat, could be the internals of teh cat rattling around and then creating a good amount of backpressure to overcome on launch.



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about 5k after my trans swap i had the SAME thing, turns out it was somthing simple that was loose on the trans, but i cant remember what it was for the life of me. took my car back to the trans shop and they fixed it in a couple hours. damnit..i wish i could remember specifically what it was, but i cant, and i dont enough about transmissions to guess, lol.

isnt the heat shield ... the cat could possibly be it .. im fearing its a mount though due to the area of the sound ... ill bring her into the shop ... after i tap around the cat of course ...while im down there ill check the mounts .. engine and trans .. im betting its the trans mounts again ... :puke

check your tranny fluid too. Not enough or wrong fluid and you can hear shit grinding in there.

if youve done a final drive gear swap, if its around the drivers side wheel well, im pretty sure thats what its going to be. did you loctite the bolts?

my gears were occassionally making a little chatter a while back, opened her up and re-torqued the bolts and everything is fine now. just a thought.

ok the the rattle is without a doubt coming from either the cat or the exaust system itself ....

bolt fall out of one of the exhaust heat shield pieces? that could cause it.

thats what im thinking ... i did damage the cat sheild awhile back... ive tapped at it and it didnt rattle .... the sound itself comes from what feels like the dead center of the car ... so im assuming that ... or worse my trans is going .... which is a blessing ... than ill swap it over and lose some more weight and put more power down :cheers than everyones happy


- its without a doubt not the CV joint that was changed on sept 11th 2001 ... ( i took the day off .. and avoided being in manhattan than day :thumbsup )during that recall we had ...

- no final drive ...