zero_to60

I have been driving the car more regularly and have noticed a strange noise when selecting reverse

this is how I have reproduced the problem

Allow the revs to drop to idle and then engage reverse, as you lift up the clutch to get to the biting point and increase the revs slightly (1500 revs) it sounds like someone is shaking a can of ball bearings and you can exagerate it by depressing and then lifting the clutch back up to the biting point - the noise seems to come towards the rear of the car

If you engage the clutch to the biting point but don't touch the accelerator the noise is not present

No such noise is ever present in any of the forward gears

My question is has anyone experienced this themselves - I was used to the odd noise in the gearbox with the M3 because I had read that the Getrag six speed used in the M was known for being noisy and wondered if the Honda 'box was similar

I am booking the car in for it's service in January but wonder if I should get this looked at sooner

any advice would be appreciated

cheshire_carper

If its of any use, I do not notice that sound in my late 2001 car with 6k on it.

zero_to60

thanks for that - I was wondering if this was a 'normal noise' or not - I'll get the dealer to check it out at the service

rahula

Zero

I get the exact same sound and my car is 1 month old. I have had this noise from day one and seems more prominent after the car has warmed up.

zero_to60

ah now this is interesting as this is the same for me - I have not noticed it when the car has been cold i.e first thing but when parking up after the commute the noise was there - I think I have said in a previous post the odd little noise here and there doesn't unduly bother me as long as my S2000 isn't the only one with 'the noise'

the creaking from the suspension I noticed the other morning has now gone too