tmelch

Here's an interesting thing that recently happened to me. I have a MY01 with 53,000 miles. For a while now I've heard clicking from the rear of my S when I go up my driveway, in turns, going over speed bumps, etc. A while back I had the axle nut problem which was fixed, but this sound was completely diffferent. Was getting worse so I took it to the dealership (at my own risk) to see what it was.

Turns out the bolts holding the diff to the subframe were loose. I believe the mechanic said there are 5 bolts and all were loose (about half a turn). He torqued them down and the clicking is gone. Cost me $40. Something to watch out for. I've done track and xcross about a dozen times this past year. Anyone else have this problem??

As an aside, I had just had a new stereo installed and the installer drilled my gas tank!! This same dealership replaced it, and you guessed it, had to drop the diff to replace the tank. Of course I asked if they didn't tighten the bolts and they said they dropped the subframe and diff as a unit and didn't need to remove those bolts. Interesting coincidence! I believe it though because I've had the clicking noise for quite a while.