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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 02:14 PM
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I hear a loud clunking sound it happens when the MDS kicks in, I started to notice it after the cold air intake install .My question is does anyone else have this problem ?
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 10:34 AM
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That might be from your ac. My truck does that too. Almost sounds like a flapper door opening and closing. Mine does it when the compressor cycles. MDS should be silent. Just a computer function to turn on and off, nothing mechanical.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 04:02 PM
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It happens when the A/C is off I guess i'll be going to the dealer .
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 05:58 PM
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My 04 would do that from time to time when the tranny shifted kinda hard. It is hard to explain, really. It usually happened when I was on the gas and then just kept it on nice and easy, it would shift hard and kinda make a clunk sound. enough so that my wife commented on it. No big deal.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 08:13 PM
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I think i know what you are talking about, i notice a clunk when the mds clicks on doing 65mph on the highway. It almost feels like it is going into a sixth gear. I am not too woried about i figured bringing it into the dealer they wouldn't find anything and just say it is normal. Let us know what happens when you bring it in.
 
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Old Aug 30, 2006 | 03:30 AM
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You're not really hearing the MDS... It's the tranny... could just be learning how to balance the torque changes when it goes from 8-4.. if it continues after more than a few hundred miles of highway/mixed driving, it's a problem... go see the dealer.
 
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