it could be you are low on flued

 

+1, never happened to me, but hopefully that's what it is.

 

Well I'll just run out and check the transmission fluid. Oh, wait...

 

Dealer couldn't repeat the problem (again) so this morning I made a video of the noise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0ebhTrabV0

 

Sounds like maybe the front pump is starting to go bad to me.

 

Was told this is normal...

 

Didn't do it when the car was new. I'm willing to accept that the obnoxious whine from the alternator is "normal" but this I do not accept.

The guys at the dealership have been cool about it. They just haven't heard the noise. I'm mostly concerned that it is something going bad and that noise is something being damaged. But if it is then at least there is a record that I'm trying to get it fixed.

 

Alternator whine huh.. Didn't know that's what that was.. i was hoping to pop my hood and there be a supercharger, sure enough.. No supercharger..

 

They brought 3 other g8's and showed me they all had them. I fought them with it not sounding like that when new. Needless to say they would track it down on my dime.

If you get them to fix it, please scan what it was :/

 

any word on this situation? mine only does it in R when car is cold and foot on the brakes or going under 5mph in R doesnt do it in D or N or P...but i only have 9600 on my car its 2 yrs old this mo and i just started noticing this when it was cold out. i put my car in R and the rpms range the same as in D or N for the most part since i thought at first it was an exhuast leak. so now im guessing its the tranny..

 

i had my transmission serviced and after i picked up the car i noticed the same noise. Took it back to them they said its normal. I had the car for 2 winters and never heard this noise before. I made them drive another G8 GT with 13k on it and it did have the same noise it sounds like a rattle and goes away after the car warms up. I guess it might have been there from day one but I never heard it .

 

Interesting that it went from "cannot hear or duplicate" to "Thats normal." Do you know any independent trans shops time for a second opinion. IMO

 

it never happened to mine in the first 2 winters i had it or even some cold spring mornings. its not normal and not from the factory. i thought maybe when the car was in R the rpms dropped low and my terrible exhuast gasket was leaking a lil while it was cold...but since i just changed them and my exhuast guy told me there was no leaks i can eliminate that from my assumtions...so i guess ill have to wait and see what they say about that and my wheels bubbling. but they way i see it is if everyone doesnt have it than its not "normal"

 

My car's in the shop again for the noise, which has gotten much worse in the last couple of weeks. So loud now it echos off the houses in my neighborhood. This time the service guy didn't have any problem hearing it, nor did they claim it was normal. They said it's definately the transmission but haven't tracked it down specifically yet. I will post the result when I get it back.

 

Metal in the transmission fluid. Now somebody tell me if THAT'S normal....

 

wow that sucks. when will they have the car back to you by? and what do they plan on doing about it? just gonna fill it up and hope it works for u? maybe ull get a new tranny out of this

 

Are they replacing the tranny or just flushing out the metal?

 

Me too

Folks,

My first post, and sorry it has to be related to problem....

2009 GT with 14,000 easy no-mod miles

I have the exact same growl as the original poster, and it is so darned loud that I no longer want to drive the car. It sounds like marbles in a blender.....

The noise started after the trans service for the 2-3 flare. When I picked up the car, the trans shifted so erratically and slammed into gear so hard that I immediately returned it. I was shown the PIP that described the transmission operation until the PCM "re-learned"

After a few days, the shift quality was so bad I had to bring it back. At stoplights, the trans felt like it was slipping into neutral, and when I stepped on the gas the engine revved and then dropped into first - almost like a "neutral slam" Downshifts were also producing a big time clunk.

I suspected the trans fluid was low, and returned it to the dealer. They discovered it was down nearly 3 quarts!!! I insisted that they fully document this low fluid condition in the service record.

WTF??? They do a major trans service and cannot bother to properly refill the trans? I suspect that because the proper filling process is time consuming, and the tech couldn't bother to do it right in his desire to beat the flat rate book.

The growl started very shortly after this episode, and has just continued to get worse.

Based on what I'm reading here, I now suspect that the trans is damaged after being operated significantly low on fluid. Thank heavens I have the paperwork that shows the initial trans work AND the return visit where they admitted the fluid was seriously low.

Is there a chance that we could have a brief poll on the subject? When did your growl start? Was it immediately after a 2-3 flare service?

To say I'm pissed would be an understatement.

 

wow that is amazing I had the same thing I picked up the carafter they sirviced the tranny and it was slipping i brought it back and they said the flued was low they did not tell me how low after they filled it up i started to hear that growl from the tranny. the weard thing is they test drive another g8 and it had the same growling sound so that convinced me that it was normal.

 

A new transmission is on order. Should be in next week.

Note: If your transmission is making this noise have the fluid checked for metal.

 

A new transmission is on order. Should be in next week.

Note: If your transmission is making this noise have the fluid checked for metal.

I've already had mines replaced once. Hopefully never again. Turn-key I think it took about three weeks.

 

Oh great, is there a way to check the tranny fluid yourself? I had the 2-3 flare service and on the report it says they added 14 quarts - hope they REALLY added 14 quarts, then again it was 15,000 miles ago and I haven't noticed anything yet../

 

No. Doesn't have a dipstick. People say you can unscrew the cap and ensure it's filled. About all the checking you can do at this point. Someone made some dipsticks, but on the price and unsure of it's accuracy. I passed.

 

F**k me...

 

thats what she said

 

Was it covered under the 100K drivetrain warranty? Buying an extended warranty is starting to look better and better.....

 

took my car in for a second oppinion to another dealeship lets see what they say

 

My delership si telling me the noise is comming from the engine. they want tme to come down and make sure we are talking about the same sound