Hey all,

As some of you may remember, I am a new addition to the Neon owner crowd. So far my Neon has been flawless thanks to the great care taken by the previous owner.

My car makes a grinding noise sometimes while I'm driving around. It doesn't sound like it's coming from the engine. It sounds like the brakes but the grinding continues even if I let the brakes off. Not only that, but the previous owner took it in to a mechanic to check out the brakes and he said the brakes are fine. There isn't any affect on performance while the noise is happening. It's just annoying.

Any guesses on what could be causing it?

Thanks,

Kris

 

is it a manual or automatic

 

Automatic

 

oh ok is it grinding or scraping and where exactly does it sound like its coming from?

 

never believe a previous owner. have it checked for yourself.

 

^^^ The previous owner has been a family friend for years.


Regarding the type of sound: Hard to say exactly, a bit of both grinding and scraping. Sounds like it's coming from under the front passenger cabin. Another thing I noticed is the sound will occur for a couple seconds if I turn the ignition to "on" without starting the engine.

 

so, you do not have to be moving for this to occur?

 

thats an electrical problem it could be your fuel pump going bad get it checked

 

thats what i was going to say, after i realized that his car was sitting still when it made this noise. i would say its the fuel pump.

 

mine was doing it and i ignored it and my fuel pump went out and shorted out my 02 sensors, and hurt my alternator and now i have to rewire my pump so get ti checked