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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 07:47 AM
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Anyone have a WAV or MP3 of the creaks or sounds their GS300 makes? I picked up my GS350 on Saturday and I'm a little nervous of what I heard on the way to work this morning. I have ML and I'm afraid I have the ML creak. It sounds very much like a Geiger counter when sitting at a light. I turned off the ML, ejected all the discs, turned off the air and still had the sounds.

If it does it again at lunch I'll capture a sound bite and see if it's the same thing. Maybe I should hold off getting my clear bra and tint installed tomorrow.

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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 10:02 AM
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Funky - Check your PM. Also, what is the ML creak?
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 11:14 AM
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Funky - Check your PM. Also, what is the ML creak?
Mark Levinson creak...a strange sound that only seems to occur if you have the ML stereo. Others have mentioned it here.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 11:43 AM
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There's a TSB for the ML creak. Can't seem to find it at the moment, but it's in one of the threads.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Funky
Anyone have a WAV or MP3 of the creaks or sounds their GS300 makes? I picked up my GS350 on Saturday and I'm a little nervous of what I heard on the way to work this morning. I have ML and I'm afraid I have the ML creak. It sounds very much like a Geiger counter when sitting at a light. I turned off the ML, ejected all the discs, turned off the air and still had the sounds.

Dan
This may help http://www.alldata.com/tsb/Lexus/112...U001-05/1.html
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by HotShotEng
That's what I was talking about... nice find.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 07:17 PM
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Thanks for the info. This really sounds more like an electronic ticking. Thankfully I haven't heard it again.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 09:40 PM
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I think what you're hearing is the ticking noise from the direct injection. Don't worry, it's normal.
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 04:01 AM
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No, that's not it, it's inside the cabin and actually sounds like it's coming from just below the center speaker. It's not nearly as quick as the direct injection sound.
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