ChicagoShogun
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Interesting idea... not sure. I'm hearing the sound going at a constant slow speed in a circle with wheel turned right all the way to lock. If there were any brake pad shifting I think it would happen at varying speed.
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Clicking noise from left front ONLY when turning right...
ChicagoShogun
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I'll let the tech know. Will be taking the car in Tuesday.
StingertimeNC
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just to be clear on the pad shift, in my case it's a click only when the car goes from reverse to drive, once the car's only going forward, you can stop and go as much as you like and the pad doesn't move again. Just a softish sounding single click. I had it on my previous car too.
Victorofhavoc
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If it happens when unwinding the wheel could be cable reel. If it's while the wheel is all the way turned only, it could be rubbing (check for signs of wear). And if it happens when turned close to and at the limit of turn, then could be ball or cv joint.
ChicagoShogun
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Yep, it's at the limit of turn. Between a ball/cv or tie rod, or loose sway bar those are the top potential causes so far. Hoping it's just a pebble stuck somewhere it doesn't belong. Given the car is about a year old and seen some autox time, a bolt tightening or two seems likely.
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If all it took was a few autox events to loosen bolts, they weren't tight to begin with. Autox is honestly quite mild on the car. It's less than 60mins of driving for an entire season typically, and for most people it's less than 30 mins.
ChicagoShogun
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Update for everyone. Just came back from dealership and noise is gone. Went on test drive with tech, he heard it, wasn't sure what it was, but they took the wheel off, blew on some stuff, checked for anything loose or damaged, and gave it back to me. Tested it out and it's like it never happened. Glad it wasn't anything. Probably a leaf or rock or stick stuck somewhere. Thanks everyone for all the input. Postiive outcome.
SilverRocket
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Can confirm rocks getting stuck in the brake shield is a nuisance. I'm not sure if it's any sports car or just a Honda thing but in the past 11 years it happens frequently if you drive anywhere with gravel.
Only tip I can suggest in my experience, steering angle greatly increases the chance of a rock getting in. Obviously steer as much as you need to not crash but minimizing it in dusty/dirty areas helps a lot.
Once a rock is in, just reverse (where safe to do so) and slalom a bit. 9 times out of 10 it rectifies it.
whtciv2k
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I know this is an old thread, but i just noticed this as well. i can't hear it usually on the road, but can hear it when i get into my parking garage. front left wheel, turning right. i'll have the dealership check it out in about 1k miles when i get my oil changed.
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BlakeDE5
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Any update? Mine has the same issue. Started hearing it around 4K miles. Dealership blames my spacers and springs but it made the sound on before my springs and I’ve taken the spacers off before and the noise is still there. Car has only 15k miles and had the both front lower control arm boots replaced because they got ripped and leaked. And trans has been replaced (leaking) and has the absolutely dreadful wastegate noise. Honestly I like this car but it has been cursed since I got it. Let me know about the clicking, thanks.
whtciv2k
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Took my car in for an oil change and just had them verify that everything was tight on the suspension and they checked and everything is. Not sure if they actually torqued stuff down just to make sure but I don’t have the clicking anymore.
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I'm still scratching my head about this, because it's not gone but it comes and goes. Starting to think it could be brake related.
Still when I notice it it's when turning in one direction... but it might honestly not be limited to one direction. I'll try to pay more attention.
Also my car will randomly make loud scraping noises, sounds very suspiciously like the brake dust shield. They can be inexplicably random, and I've never been able to purposefully duplicate them. Total times I've noticed these types of noises I could count on one hand but I think it's all related.
I'll note that I've often felt that I'm coming into contact with the front dust shields when cleaning the insides of my wheels. The Apex's have made it easier but I still wonder if that isn't a contributing factor, especially considering how random these noises seem to be.
At this point though I've pretty much just accepted it. I don't think anything is actively wrong per se, and I've now done enough modifications with the wheels, springs and ball joints that I have actually negative confidence that a dealer would be any help at all.
But I'm going to get one more season out of these stock pads. I still have plenty of pad left but there's a possibility I could swap them out late summer just as an upgrade. I have a sense that the noise might disappear with new pads.
Still when I notice it it's when turning in one direction... but it might honestly not be limited to one direction. I'll try to pay more attention.
Also my car will randomly make loud scraping noises, sounds very suspiciously like the brake dust shield. They can be inexplicably random, and I've never been able to purposefully duplicate them. Total times I've noticed these types of noises I could count on one hand but I think it's all related.
I'll note that I've often felt that I'm coming into contact with the front dust shields when cleaning the insides of my wheels. The Apex's have made it easier but I still wonder if that isn't a contributing factor, especially considering how random these noises seem to be.
At this point though I've pretty much just accepted it. I don't think anything is actively wrong per se, and I've now done enough modifications with the wheels, springs and ball joints that I have actually negative confidence that a dealer would be any help at all.
But I'm going to get one more season out of these stock pads. I still have plenty of pad left but there's a possibility I could swap them out late summer just as an upgrade. I have a sense that the noise might disappear with new pads.
Derive
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I've had a clicking sound from the driver front since the dealership took off the wheels for a repair. Two-piece rotors are known to make noise if there's debris between the mating surfaces. In my case, some of my lug nuts were under torqued, but most were way over torqued. I loosened all of them and torqued to 94ft/lbs. No noise since.
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