Clunk noise in 1st - RX8Club.com

May 9, 2006 | 06:41 PM

mid-life crisis

Thread Starter

Registered User

Joined: Nov 2005

Posts: 38

Likes: 0

From: Chandler, AZ

Clunk noise in 1st

Seems like there is usually a muffled clunk when moving after releasing the hand brake - almost as though I have bumped something. Never happens other than the 1st time I move it. Ideas?

May 9, 2006 | 06:50 PM

valpac

Ahead of its time

iTrader: (2)

Joined: Jul 2004

Posts: 1,508

Likes: 0

From: GA

Sometimes the pads stick on the rotors when they are wet or after I wash the car. A little clunk as it "unsticks" on rollout the next day .

May 9, 2006 | 07:02 PM

dillsrotary

jersey fresh

Joined: Dec 2005

Posts: 3,688

Likes: 0

From: Boston, MA

^^^^ he's right on the money, happens to everyone. if i leave the car in the driveway for a week it happens.

May 9, 2006 | 07:16 PM

Rootski

DGAF

iTrader: (1)

Joined: Jan 2006

Posts: 1,953

Likes: 0

From: Austin, TX

from this thread: https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...5&page=1&pp=15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gomez

The thunk you hear when first moving the car after start-up is the ABS brake self test.....it's normal, and not a problem at all.

Gomez.

May 9, 2006 | 08:48 PM

Raptor2k

Club Marbles Member

Joined: Jul 2005

Posts: 3,252

Likes: 0

From: DFW, TX

ABS test, it's in your manual.

May 10, 2006 | 10:43 PM

yiksing

the giant tastetickles

Joined: Sep 2005

Posts: 2,758

Likes: 0

From: in the basement

Its the sound of both meantioned above, very normal.

Aug 17, 2006 | 01:41 AM

cisforchooch

cisforchooch

Joined: Aug 2006

Posts: 13

Likes: 0

From: SoCal - Irvine

I've been searching the forums, and seems most agree the clunk is an ABS test. I can't find it in my manual though, and my dealer didn't even know about this. They told me it was the limited slip differential.

How loud is your clunk? Mine is damn loud, like I'm going over a bump and scraping the underside of my car...

Aug 17, 2006 | 08:57 AM

Unhooked

Registered

Joined: Jul 2006

Posts: 202

Likes: 0

From: Atlanta, GA

Yea its loud..

Aug 17, 2006 | 10:15 AM

zoned

rotary user

Joined: Mar 2006

Posts: 426

Likes: 0

From: Madison, NC

It's loud enough to make you go WTF!? the 1st time you hear it.

Aug 17, 2006 | 10:18 AM

#10

vOc

'04 Ti-Grey RX-8 GT MT

Joined: May 2006

Posts: 260

Likes: 0

From: Hollywood Beach, Fl

Imagine test driving a used 8 at the dealer for the first time and hearing that lol.

Aug 17, 2006 | 10:42 AM

#11

dmc27

doin' the bull dance

Joined: Mar 2006

Posts: 3,174

Likes: 2

From: Quahog, RI

It's your 8 saying - WTF!! How dare you park me!! Let's go out and make some beeps together!!

Last edited by dmc27; Aug 17, 2006 at 10:58 AM.

Aug 17, 2006 | 12:03 PM

#12

tucker

codeMan();

Joined: Aug 2006

Posts: 26

Likes: 0

From: Baltimore, MD

I hear it every morning! I park in a garage, and it's been pretty dry lately. But yeah, every morning... it sounds as if I just hit a curb with the wheels and a slow speed...