Whining on deceleration...
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Whining on deceleration...
I've noticed this lately. When I decelerate from about 60mph down to about 20mph, I get a slight whirring/whining sound. It sounds like the car slowing down after a dyno pull. Now I have tried it in gear, out of gear, clutch in, clutch out, etc, and it doesn't make a difference. Its directly related to wheel speed. Now my rear tires are VERY bald, almost to the cords, my new tires are getting put on tomorrow, and I am pretty sure this will take care of it, but I was just checking in-case it doesn't.
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I have that sound also... I believe changing the tires will make a great difference....also many other have complained about this and have found that mazda says it's normal...get the tires changed and then report back and see if it has changed any and we all can try and narrow it down from there!
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The car has 58k on it. I'm pretty sure its tires. I'm going to change them out here in a few hours. Ill let you know if that fixes it. If not, fluids here I come!(planned on doings fluids at 60k anyway)
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Well I got the new tires on. Whine is still there. Its quite faint, yet there. I may pick up diff fluid and do that tomorrow. I have a feeling this might be because I drift...
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I get a noise kind of like that that i can hear coming from the gearshift.
I just had fluids done recently. So it's normal, especially if you have a short shifter and have removed the sound dampening insulation around the shifter boot.
I just had fluids done recently. So it's normal, especially if you have a short shifter and have removed the sound dampening insulation around the shifter boot.
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She does fit in my trunk!
Update - Put Redline MTL in my trans, and Redline 75/90 in the rear end today, as well as changed the oil. The whine is more faint, but its slightly still there. I think its probably normal. I may switch to a different heavier fluid next summer, but right now, I have hankook icebears on it, which are spendy, so no drifting for me. Does shift nice though!
Update - Put Redline MTL in my trans, and Redline 75/90 in the rear end today, as well as changed the oil. The whine is more faint, but its slightly still there. I think its probably normal. I may switch to a different heavier fluid next summer, but right now, I have hankook icebears on it, which are spendy, so no drifting for me. Does shift nice though!
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