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Old 11-19-15, 08:04 PM
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Do you guys hear a noise when you raise the temperature?
Old 11-19-15, 08:22 PM
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What kind of noise? Does it sound like a computer hard drive spinning?
Old 11-19-15, 08:45 PM
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What kind of noise? Does it sound like a computer hard drive spinning?
I have heard this computer hard drive spinning sound a couple of times but it went away, what is that sound?! I took the cd out of the cd player and haven't heard it since, thought it was coming from there.
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It is the fan ) When You raise the temp, it spins faster and produces some hard-drive-style noise. My Jetta had the same issue, but it started after 90000 km. My Lexus has been making some noise since the dealer's showroom.
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I wonder if that is normal? My first car with digital climate control. think it just started making the noise too. I rarely use the heat tho.
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My fan makes a faint high pitched sound on speed 3. Some others have comments here that replacing the motor fixed it, but I can live with it. Can't notice it with typical music on.
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Normal noisy fans for 2014 and 2015, They claim they changed to quieter fans in 2016 and above.
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