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I just bought my first Toyota Camry a couple of weeks ago, and had a question a about it. From the day I got it, every morning, or anytime it's been sitting for a long period, if I don't let it warm up before putting it into reverse, it makes a loud knock or clank kind of noise, that comes from the transmission, is this normal? If I let it run for about a minute, it usually doesn't do that, but I've never had a vehicle do that before. Does anyone know what this is, is it normal, or should I have it checked out? Thanks!
Its normal. Happens to me. Just like starting the car and putting it into DRIVE. The car rolls faster, the engine sounds louder and might take longer to break as opposed to the car having been warmed up prior to putting the car in gear.
You could also not be pressing on the break hard enough when putting into gear.
I always warm up my car for about 1-2 minutes before I rolled it. It's better for the engine, and my car never makes any noise.
A good example is this, when you just woke up in the morning, still sleepy, and someone tells you to run, you can't do that, can you? You'll need a few minutes to get ready. Well, same thing with your car.
I always warm up my car for about 1-2 minutes before I rolled it. It's better for the engine, and my car never makes any noise.
A good example is this, when you just woke up in the morning, still sleepy, and someone tells you to run, you can't do that, can you? You'll need a few minutes to get ready. Well, same thing with your car.
I doubt that. Why is that better for the engine? Only thing, you want to wait is until the initial RPM drops to below 1k to put the gear in - that avoids the hard clunk noise. Other than that, having the transmission engaged and roll immediately doesn't make a difference in my mind. In 1-2 minutes only the engine oil warms up a little and lubricates and it does that if you roll it or not (w/o redlining of course). Only when you are at very, very low temp it makes sense to warm up to get the oil temp up for better lubrication, warm up the engine block etc, but 1-2 minutes is not enough for that. JMO
PS: Of course, if you think about heating up more than the engine oil a little, like the entire engine block, that would help but again 1-2 minutes is not enough for that.
Actually, it sounds more like the anti-lock brakes "self-test."
It's just one "klank" kind of sound coming from somewhere low in the car, correct?
The big question would be whether it happens when you put the car into reverse, or whether it happens while you're moving -- you might let us know about that. If it happens when you're moving, that's probably the anti-lock brakes "self-test."
If it happens when shifting into reverse, I would recommend trying this technique:
1. Release the parking brake, with the transmission still in Park. Presumably, you have your foot on the brake pedal while you're doing this.
2. Step off of the brake pedal, letting the car "settle," and then put your foot back on the pedal.
3. NOW, go ahead and put it into reverse.
In other words, let it "settle" before putting it into reverse.
That's the first thing I noticed before I bought my 09 LE V6, I checked out 5 different one and they all had this clunking noise when shift out of P when the car was being parked in a slightly incline road, and I was told this is normal. It's a bit annoying but I learned to accept it
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If I let it run for about a minute, it usually doesn't do that, but I've never had a vehicle do that before. Does anyone know what this is, is it normal, or should I have it checked out? Thanks!
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