[5th Gen : 08+]: Caravan Clicking under dash ??
#1
Caravan Clicking under dash ??
2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT (4.0/auto)
Recently my van has started clicking loudly from under the lower dash, driver side, in the area just above the gas/brake pedals. It sounds like
a screwdriver tapping against a plastic box, 2-3 taps per second.
There seems to be a 6" plastic box of some sort there. I can't get down and look due to physical limitations.
It begins when I start the car up, and continues for 2-3 minutes then
stops.
Then, when I turn the car off, it starts clicking again, and continues for a minute or so, even after the key is off, and I am out of the van.
The A/C is on all the time because of the hot dry climate where I live. A/C is blowing cold air out of the dash vents as it is supposed to.
I'll be taking it in to the dealer next week, but would like a heads up as to the problem from unbiased readers.
Thanks in advance
Recently my van has started clicking loudly from under the lower dash, driver side, in the area just above the gas/brake pedals. It sounds like
a screwdriver tapping against a plastic box, 2-3 taps per second.
There seems to be a 6" plastic box of some sort there. I can't get down and look due to physical limitations.
It begins when I start the car up, and continues for 2-3 minutes then
stops.
Then, when I turn the car off, it starts clicking again, and continues for a minute or so, even after the key is off, and I am out of the van.
The A/C is on all the time because of the hot dry climate where I live. A/C is blowing cold air out of the dash vents as it is supposed to.
I'll be taking it in to the dealer next week, but would like a heads up as to the problem from unbiased readers.
Thanks in advance
#2
2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT (4.0/auto)
Recently my van has started clicking loudly from under the lower dash, driver side, in the area just above the gas/brake pedals. It sounds like
a screwdriver tapping against a plastic box, 2-3 taps per second.
There seems to be a 6" plastic box of some sort there. I can't get down and look due to physical limitations.
It begins when I start the car up, and continues for 2-3 minutes then
stops.
Then, when I turn the car off, it starts clicking again, and continues for a minute or so, even after the key is off, and I am out of the van.
The A/C is on all the time because of the hot dry climate where I live. A/C is blowing cold air out of the dash vents as it is supposed to.
I'll be taking it in to the dealer next week, but would like a heads up as to the problem from unbiased readers.
Thanks in advance
Recently my van has started clicking loudly from under the lower dash, driver side, in the area just above the gas/brake pedals. It sounds like
a screwdriver tapping against a plastic box, 2-3 taps per second.
There seems to be a 6" plastic box of some sort there. I can't get down and look due to physical limitations.
It begins when I start the car up, and continues for 2-3 minutes then
stops.
Then, when I turn the car off, it starts clicking again, and continues for a minute or so, even after the key is off, and I am out of the van.
The A/C is on all the time because of the hot dry climate where I live. A/C is blowing cold air out of the dash vents as it is supposed to.
I'll be taking it in to the dealer next week, but would like a heads up as to the problem from unbiased readers.
Thanks in advance
I'm sorry to learn of your recent ticking sound.
Although you're living in a hot climate and rely on the A/C, have you tested different scenarios? Does the ticking occur upon start up and shutdown when the A/C is off, or with the heat on?
#3
I turned off the A/C just before I garaged the car last night. When I started it up this AM, the clicking noise was still there. It's quite loud and annoying. Temperature settings don't see to make a difference. I turned the A/C back on, but the noise continued. The noise seems to be coming from a plastic box under the dash, directly above the space between the brake & gas pedal. If I reach down under the dash, I can just feel it. It's not way up under, just behind the edge of the trim panel. Once it starts clicking, it clicks for up to 4 minutes, then stops. Does not matter if I am accelerating, or hard braking, or any other variable I can enter. The clicking sounds like a screwdriver tapping against a plastic box. About 5 clicks per second.
I recorded it with a phone app, but it's in an .aif file and I can't upload it.
I recorded it with a phone app, but it's in an .aif file and I can't upload it.