obrian401

About a month ago i notice a whining noise coming from the diver side of the car. I took the car to the shop and they said that the noise was coming from the torque converter, so i had the transmission rebuilt, the car is still making the whining noise after the rebuild of the transmission, i also had the starter replaced as well. what else could be causing the the whining noise. The noise is coming from around the starter and transmission. The car is a 2001 Lexus es300
Thanks for your help.

Hayk

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Does it happen while you're moving or when you're stationary?

01LEXPL

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Mine makes it too, very faint but can definitely notice it from inside the cabin.

lexus1992

mines too, i cant figure it out . 2000 es300. it does it when its shifting from 2nd to 3rd gear, has a rebuilt tranny , notice it about a week ago , tranny has 40,000 miles on it i changed the fluid and filter at 39,000.

obrian401

The car makes the noise when stationary and movie. The noise gets louder as the RPM's goes up as well.

01LEXPL

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^ weird, not sure what it would be... mine only makes a faint whine when moving, not when idling.

noahmcg

my es300 makes the same whining noise. mostly at low speed or idling. it sounds awful. i read a similar thread and ppl were saying transmission problems. I once had a chevy that made a similar sound and ithe problem was the power steering pump fluid was low. i checked all the fluids, im no mechanic, i hope the transmission is ok

obrian401

I took mine back to the shop today. They said that they would call me once they have more info on whats wrong with it.