strange problem...
hi, i need some help... i dont know much about car repair or anything,
and i had this strange problem, i wanted someone's advice. i have a 99 civic ex, and today when i started driving, there was this strange sound, a tinny sound like a piece of metal was dragging on the ground or something. not too loud, but still very noticable. i stopped the car and nothing appeared to be scraping, and as far as i could tell, the car was fine. i started driving a little more and the sound stopped altogether. now, a few minutes later, i got onto the freeway, and once i started accellerating to much higher speeds, the sound was very loud, once again like something was scraping. there was no turn-off so i kept going but after about 20 seconds it stopped again and has been fine ever since. i just know that the sound was VERY BAD and i'm not sure what it could be or what to look for. i believe the car made the same noise once before, about a month ago, but i was driving city streets and it was not loud. and it once again stopped very quickly. any advice?? thanks |
Re: strange problem...
On 11/9/03 9:17 PM, in article
409182a4.0311091917.660bc50f@posting.google.com, "Daniel Hollister" <daniel@insomniacdm.com> wrote: > hi, i need some help... i dont know much about car repair or anything, > and i had this strange problem, i wanted someone's advice. i have a 99 > civic ex, and today when i started driving, there was this strange > sound, a tinny sound like a piece of metal was dragging on the ground > or something. not too loud, but still very noticable. i stopped the > car and nothing appeared to be scraping, and as far as i could tell, > the car was fine. i started driving a little more and the sound > stopped altogether. now, a few minutes later, i got onto the freeway, > and once i started accellerating to much higher speeds, the sound was > very loud, once again like something was scraping. there was no > turn-off so i kept going but after about 20 seconds it stopped again > and has been fine ever since. i just know that the sound was VERY BAD > and i'm not sure what it could be or what to look for. i believe the > car made the same noise once before, about a month ago, but i was > driving city streets and it was not loud. and it once again stopped > very quickly. any advice?? thanks There is a little bar on the brake pads that will start to scrape the rotor lightly as a warning when the pads are worn down and need to be replaced. Get your brakes checked. |
Re: strange problem...
On 11/9/03 9:17 PM, in article
409182a4.0311091917.660bc50f@posting.google.com, "Daniel Hollister" <daniel@insomniacdm.com> wrote: > hi, i need some help... i dont know much about car repair or anything, > and i had this strange problem, i wanted someone's advice. i have a 99 > civic ex, and today when i started driving, there was this strange > sound, a tinny sound like a piece of metal was dragging on the ground > or something. not too loud, but still very noticable. i stopped the > car and nothing appeared to be scraping, and as far as i could tell, > the car was fine. i started driving a little more and the sound > stopped altogether. now, a few minutes later, i got onto the freeway, > and once i started accellerating to much higher speeds, the sound was > very loud, once again like something was scraping. there was no > turn-off so i kept going but after about 20 seconds it stopped again > and has been fine ever since. i just know that the sound was VERY BAD > and i'm not sure what it could be or what to look for. i believe the > car made the same noise once before, about a month ago, but i was > driving city streets and it was not loud. and it once again stopped > very quickly. any advice?? thanks There is a little bar on the brake pads that will start to scrape the rotor lightly as a warning when the pads are worn down and need to be replaced. Get your brakes checked. |
Re: strange problem...
On 11/9/03 9:17 PM, in article
409182a4.0311091917.660bc50f@posting.google.com, "Daniel Hollister" <daniel@insomniacdm.com> wrote: > hi, i need some help... i dont know much about car repair or anything, > and i had this strange problem, i wanted someone's advice. i have a 99 > civic ex, and today when i started driving, there was this strange > sound, a tinny sound like a piece of metal was dragging on the ground > or something. not too loud, but still very noticable. i stopped the > car and nothing appeared to be scraping, and as far as i could tell, > the car was fine. i started driving a little more and the sound > stopped altogether. now, a few minutes later, i got onto the freeway, > and once i started accellerating to much higher speeds, the sound was > very loud, once again like something was scraping. there was no > turn-off so i kept going but after about 20 seconds it stopped again > and has been fine ever since. i just know that the sound was VERY BAD > and i'm not sure what it could be or what to look for. i believe the > car made the same noise once before, about a month ago, but i was > driving city streets and it was not loud. and it once again stopped > very quickly. any advice?? thanks There is a little bar on the brake pads that will start to scrape the rotor lightly as a warning when the pads are worn down and need to be replaced. Get your brakes checked. |
Re: strange problem...
On 11/9/03 9:17 PM, in article
409182a4.0311091917.660bc50f@posting.google.com, "Daniel Hollister" <daniel@insomniacdm.com> wrote: > hi, i need some help... i dont know much about car repair or anything, > and i had this strange problem, i wanted someone's advice. i have a 99 > civic ex, and today when i started driving, there was this strange > sound, a tinny sound like a piece of metal was dragging on the ground > or something. not too loud, but still very noticable. i stopped the > car and nothing appeared to be scraping, and as far as i could tell, > the car was fine. i started driving a little more and the sound > stopped altogether. now, a few minutes later, i got onto the freeway, > and once i started accellerating to much higher speeds, the sound was > very loud, once again like something was scraping. there was no > turn-off so i kept going but after about 20 seconds it stopped again > and has been fine ever since. i just know that the sound was VERY BAD > and i'm not sure what it could be or what to look for. i believe the > car made the same noise once before, about a month ago, but i was > driving city streets and it was not loud. and it once again stopped > very quickly. any advice?? thanks There is a little bar on the brake pads that will start to scrape the rotor lightly as a warning when the pads are worn down and need to be replaced. Get your brakes checked. |
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