Hey guys I have a clicking noise coming from the outside of my 06 ss/sc. I'm not quite sure what it is, but it occurs in 1st, 2nd, and sometimes 3rd gear. Usually when I accelerate and then decelerate it clicks just like a loud pen click. I was wondering if its my axles or maybe my control arm bushings and what the dealership could do about it?

 

could be many things....
though clicking axles has been known to be the precursor to broken ones....

 

No that is wrong if you have a broken axel youll deff. know.. you wouldnt move from one spot... its probably the bushings. do you have a clicking noise when you back up? it sounds like its on all the wheels?

 

I didnt say they were broken did I?

 

Could be the exhaust? My stock exhaust always ticks when I turn the thing off.. I don't know lol.

 

haha my bad man i read what you wrote wrong.

 

Nah I know the exhaust ticks when its turned off this is clearly from the suspension and it does click when I reverse as well.

 

Check the heat sheild on the exhaust manifold.. sometimes they crack or break and thats what made noise when mine broke.

 

Well its not like this randomly happens I hear it everytime i let off the gas in reverse 1st 2nd and sometimes 3rd gear. I accelerate and then stop it clicks and I can do it everytime if I want to.

 

Ok i know.. you have the same problem as most of the cobalts have its normal and wont hurt anything... i bought my car brand new and after about 8k miles mine started doing that and i now have 52k miles on my car and no problem at all.

 

I see but its very annoying lol what is it?

 

just because alot of the cobalts have the same issue does not mean its normal.

 

its something with the suspension the cobalts have. one more ? it doesnt click all at one right right? like in reverse on a hill it starts on the driver left side then the right side and so on.

 

I'm convinced it has to do with the suspension being loose and I kinda want to know what it is so I can see what the dealership might do

 

its pretty normal if you dont hear anyone saying there suspension is fucked.. i would think it is because everyone i talk to about that all of them have that noise

 

It def clicks all at the same time and doesnt go from side to side

 

the dealer is not going to do anything i already tried that.. they looked it over more than 5 times and couldnt find anything wrong. they told me that is could be the washers we have on the rotors and your wheel goes against.. he said they spin so im guessing thats the clicking noise. but thats my guess

 

the only clicking i've ever heard from mine is the clutch switch when i push my clutch in.

 

lol yea very faint click, I talked to the dealer once and they said they had heard of a problem with control arm bushings might as well have them check it out? Prob due to our horrible wheel hop I made **** loose.

 

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Its your axles. I had both of my axles replaced and the noise went away completely. But now its back again YAY!

 

**** will the dealer give me any **** for this?

 

They shouldnt. Do you have any mods? How many miles? You can also tell them a member from your forum had the same problem.

 

I have 20k miles and nothing noticeable for mods that they can see I made sure I got around that. They never look for mods either.

 

You shouldnt have any problems then. I had a stage 2, vibrant header, 3" intake, torque dampener on there and whatnot. What my dealer did was take a wrench, vise grips or something of that nature and put tortion on the axle(s) and that should produce the same noise. I imagine they have to really crank on it though. Ask if you can remain with the car while they perform the test.