2 bad/weird things i noticed about my 5th GEN

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H22A VTEC

Discussion Starter · Mar 29, 2001

Has anyone ever heard a "knock" on your rear windshield about 15 seconds after you turn on your car? I hear it almost everytime i start my car and my friends always freak out cuz they think someone knocked on the window. Another thing I noticed is that my factory stereo seems to just cut off while i'm blasting my CD. I turn the knob to the second to last bar when i blast music, and sometimes the CD will just stop and i've even heard screaching sounds out of the speakers when i turn it off. I'm thinking the stereo has to do with it overheating or too much wattage, but the knock on the windshield is just plain weird.

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rf7475

· #2 · Mar 29, 2001

Sorry, I haven't ever heard this knock before. Unless you count the shock knock while driving.

With the stereo, turn the damn thing down

j/k

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ThatPreludeGuy

· #3 · Mar 29, 2001

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by H22A VTEC:
Has anyone ever heard a "knock" on your rear windshield about 15 seconds after you turn on your car? I hear it almost everytime i start my car and my friends always freak out cuz they think someone knocked on the window. Another thing I noticed is that my factory stereo seems to just cut off while i'm blasting my CD. I turn the knob to the second to last bar when i blast music, and sometimes the CD will just stop and i've even heard screaching sounds out of the speakers when i turn it off. I'm thinking the stereo has to do with it overheating or too much wattage, but the knock on the windshield is just plain weird.</font>

Well I have the knock but it seems to be on the front windsheild

As for teh CD player..yeah that happens to me too..I think it's some kind of protection so you don't overheat or blow the speakers.

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99prelude

· #4 · Mar 29, 2001

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by H22A VTEC:
Has anyone ever heard a "knock" on your rear windshield about 15 seconds after you turn on your car? I hear it almost everytime i start my car and my friends always freak out cuz they think someone knocked on the window. Another thing I noticed is that my factory stereo seems to just cut off while i'm blasting my CD. I turn the knob to the second to last bar when i blast music, and sometimes the CD will just stop and i've even heard screaching sounds out of the speakers when i turn it off. I'm thinking the stereo has to do with it overheating or too much wattage, but the knock on the windshield is just plain weird.</font>

HOLY CRAP!! YES i have that exact KNOCKING from the rear of the car. freaked me out a couple times. I have NO idea what it is... ALSO when you guys stand outside of your car, close the door and see if you hear a click from the trunk area. I seem to have it along with a couple of my friends around here.

Ng Luder

· #5 · Mar 29, 2001

wow, i never noticed any of those effects with my lude...

and as for pumping up the stereo that high, its just plain dumb imo

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2kLuder

· #6 · Mar 29, 2001

close the door and see if you hear a click from the trunk area.

I have this

GldCrzy

· #7 · Mar 29, 2001

my cd player did the same thing. i thought it was defective at first but then i just upgraded instead.

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Ludecrs

· #8 · Mar 29, 2001

Wow, I get the same knock too!! Now I've realized it's just a nuance of the car, but being a girl and all by myself the first time it happened it scared the sh!t out of me. I was in my car all by myself late at night in this empty parking lot. I almost ran out of the car screaming!

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vabeach_lude

· #9 · Mar 29, 2001

I must be blessed because I dont have those noises.

Lude2k

· #10 · Mar 29, 2001

no glass knocking here, not yet anyways but i wouldn't be surprise if it came up, it'll be sound #15 on the list

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etherealude

· #11 · Mar 29, 2001

creeeepy. the nsx clicks three times, but i found out it was the antenna.

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checkmate58

· #12 · Mar 29, 2001

maybe you guys should check for ghosts? hahahaha...as for the radio..not good treatment to a stock radio..and stock speakers.

--Sam

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ImagePree

· #13 · Mar 29, 2001

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by 2kLuder:
close the door and see if you hear a click from the trunk area.

I have this</font>

yes... it sounds like a vacuum of some sort when the door closes. this only happens with the driver's side... weird.

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lOOkatme

· #14 · Mar 29, 2001

damn I kinda want to know what these sounds are even though I don't have any.

eatsgti

· #15 · Mar 29, 2001

Nope - no knocking here

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Fusion

· #16 · Mar 29, 2001

I don't notice any knock also. The only sound my car makes is the "clump!" sound when I hit a bump. It's not the kind where it hurts my baby because even a slight bump will trigger that sound. I guess it's got to do something with my suspension.

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soniclude

· #17 · Mar 29, 2001

while we're on the topic of weird sounds...

soon after i put my car in gear (SS, close enough) there's a sort of humming/vibrating noise from under the car, lasts about a second. this happens on every fresh start, (ie only if the engine was off right before).

i swear our cars are haunted. by what, well, that's anybody's guess. be careful out there guys.

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VtecRespect

· #18 · Mar 29, 2001

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by 2kLuder:
close the door and see if you hear a click from the trunk area.

I have this</font>

I have this also. I think it's normal.

ImagePree

· #19 · Mar 29, 2001

Fusion: that's the 'shock knock' that everyone's talking about.

Soniclude: that would be your ABS charging up... we all have that; it's normal.

Jacques

· #20 · Mar 29, 2001

Hmmm...I'll have to check that in the morning.

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