Fronzizzle
New member
Hello all,
I have a 2014 Taurus SHO, I've had it for 3-4 months now and just passed 3,000 miles. I have a LMS tune, but otherwise the car is stock.
I imagine that this is something I'm going to have to take the car into the dealer for, but I grew up working in a garage and intermittent noises were always a pain to try and locate and fix, I'm hoping someone else on here as experienced something similar...
Anyway, about two weeks ago I left work at the end of the day and heard a very odd noise. It was loud and happened during acceleration. I'm not sure how to describe it, but it almost sounded like something hitting on something else that was spinning. If you have had a bad blower motor and something was hitting on the cage, it sounded a little like that. I was worried, but noticed no performance issues. At first, the noise was constant but it gradually became less and less frequent; by the time I got home, it was gone. I didn't notice it over the next few days, I assumed something had gotten stuck someplace (wheel? the turbo?) and eventually worked itself free.
However, on Sunday I noticed it again. Between then and today, I've driven the car a bit more and have tried to pinpoint the noise. It's not nearly as loud as it was and sounds a little bit different now, almost like a vibration. When I hear the noise now, it reminds me of a power steering pump that is going bad but I'm sure that's not it as it happens when I'm driving straight, not turning. I guess I would describe it as a "whirring" noise, my wife said it is a "an odd hum". If I accelerate semi-hard, it does it consistently between 35 and 40 mph.
I suppose it could be something as simple as a heat shield rattling or vibrating. As I said, I plan on taking the car into the dealer but unless they keep the car for days and drive it a lot, I'm not sure they'll hear the noise.
I have a 2014 Taurus SHO, I've had it for 3-4 months now and just passed 3,000 miles. I have a LMS tune, but otherwise the car is stock.
I imagine that this is something I'm going to have to take the car into the dealer for, but I grew up working in a garage and intermittent noises were always a pain to try and locate and fix, I'm hoping someone else on here as experienced something similar...
Anyway, about two weeks ago I left work at the end of the day and heard a very odd noise. It was loud and happened during acceleration. I'm not sure how to describe it, but it almost sounded like something hitting on something else that was spinning. If you have had a bad blower motor and something was hitting on the cage, it sounded a little like that. I was worried, but noticed no performance issues. At first, the noise was constant but it gradually became less and less frequent; by the time I got home, it was gone. I didn't notice it over the next few days, I assumed something had gotten stuck someplace (wheel? the turbo?) and eventually worked itself free.
However, on Sunday I noticed it again. Between then and today, I've driven the car a bit more and have tried to pinpoint the noise. It's not nearly as loud as it was and sounds a little bit different now, almost like a vibration. When I hear the noise now, it reminds me of a power steering pump that is going bad but I'm sure that's not it as it happens when I'm driving straight, not turning. I guess I would describe it as a "whirring" noise, my wife said it is a "an odd hum". If I accelerate semi-hard, it does it consistently between 35 and 40 mph.
I suppose it could be something as simple as a heat shield rattling or vibrating. As I said, I plan on taking the car into the dealer but unless they keep the car for days and drive it a lot, I'm not sure they'll hear the noise.
