V2 Wheel Clicking - Page 6

mpouls1 · #76 (**permalink**) 10-02-09, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Gary Wells

Yes, somebody on here a ways back had gone to aftermarket rims and did not have any clicking with the aftermarket rims, but did have clicking with the factory rims. This was maybe 3 or 4 months back, dunno on name or thread subject.

Great, so now my bling'ed out excessively chromed V (joking) is going to need some aftermarket thug rims put on. Let the pullover stops begin...

thunder gray · #77 (**permalink**) 10-04-09, 01:58 PM

Well after 3,600 miles I have the dreaded clicking noise, after reading all the post my question was "how about aftermarket wheels" now this may be the solution but not the answer. GM sure as hell is NOT going to buy us all new wheels.

Gary Wells · #78 (**permalink**) 10-04-09, 02:59 PM

Sorry to hear, thunder gray, I know that this is a heartbreaker, but I am still hoping that GM will come up with a "cause and corrective action" plan that does not include the wheels, as I know that they are not going to replace the wheels either. I am still hoping that it turns out to be something that we have not suspected that is within their best interests to fix. Doesn't sound like the hub-bearing-tire pressure sensor would be a cheap fix either, but the bearings would be if they could be replaced by themselves.

Gary Wells · #79 (**permalink**) 10-04-09, 03:20 PM

Also, It's hard for me to understand what can go wrong with a rim at approximately 3K miles when it was Ok to begin with, unless they are cracking or getting hairline fractures in them, which would be a safety issue and would be corrected pretty much regardless of expense. On the other hand, I can see bearings going bad after 3K miles, or wearing to the point that they become noisy, or if the counterbores holding the bearing races were not machined properly, or the seating depth was not the best selection. Just a thought.

CTS-V-TWIN · #80 (**permalink**) 10-05-09, 08:48 PM

My car is still sitting on a lift at the dealer waiting for "V specific" lugnuts to come from the manufacturer. My car has now been at the dealer since last Monday, September 28 which makes today the 8th day. It may be 9 or 10 days in service just this time around, not counting how many other times it has been in service.

I will continue to keep you guys up to date.

SG

Palagius · #81 (**permalink**) 10-05-09, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AERO1

My car is still sitting on a lift at the dealer waiting for "V specific" lugnuts to come from the manufacturer. My car has now been at the dealer since last Monday, September 28 which makes today the 8th day. It may be 9 or 10 days in service just this time around, not counting how many other times it has been in service.

I will continue to keep you guys up to date.

Thanks for the updates. I must say I'm equally torn between dismay that you're having such problems and relief that (immediately solution or not) they appear to actually be paying attention to the problem.

I hope that if it starts again on my car my dealer will also not just say "Oh, that's normal" and send me out the door.

Gary Wells · #82 (**permalink**) 10-05-09, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Palagius

Thanks for the updates. I must say I'm equally torn between dismay that you're having such problems and relief that (immediately solution or not) they appear to actually be paying attention to the problem.

I hope that if it starts again on my car my dealer will also not just say "Oh, that's normal" and send me out the door.

I take it that they have done the TSB on your car? At what mileage did your car start clicking? Just curious.

GMX322V S/C · #83 (**permalink**) 10-05-09, 09:15 PM

^^^Let's unify and not let them say it's "normal." When I complained about the creaks in my center stack, the service manager said he drove two other cars and the sounds are "normal." Right!

Palagius · #84 (**permalink**) 10-05-09, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Gary Wells

I take it that they have done the TSB on your car? At what mileage did your car start clicking? Just curious.

If that's directed at me, I'm not sure at what mileage the noise started. I had the car in at approximately 2900 miles to address it and they did the TSB. I've put about 100 miles on the car since without recurrence.

If that wasn't directed at me, please ignore. :-)

Gary Wells · #85 (**permalink**) 10-05-09, 09:46 PM

Palagius:
Yes, thank you, I was just curious. It seems that it starts on the cars that have the issue by or about 3K miles.

clubho · #86 (**permalink**) 10-05-09, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by AERO1

My car is still sitting on a lift at the dealer waiting for "V specific" lugnuts to come from the manufacturer. My car has now been at the dealer since last Monday, September 28 which makes today the 8th day. It may be 9 or 10 days in service just this time around, not counting how many other times it has been in service.

I will continue to keep you guys up to date.

SG

Thanks for the updates and man do I get the heartache. I have been following your posts for months (including your first two posts). I am now on my 4th trip in as well to get it fixed. Add in another 4 trips for sunroof and rattle problems and yes I would say I have not enjoyed the experience. In the eight months I've had the car about 2 1/2 months of it have been in the shop. Well now the rattles and sunroof are fixed but the clicking is bad again. This is the second time it's been this bad. It always starts out really quiet and after a week or so it gets loud enough to hear in the car, with the windows up. I have a 25 mph exit off the freeway I like to do at about 50 and it sounds like a tin can in a shredder.

Also, I should be above making this next statement but I am actually glad there are now a ton of people that know our misery vs. the first string where people said, oh shut up, it's not a big deal, quit whining. It's different now that others are experiencing it too. Maybe now something will get done if we all start showing up demanding an answer.

What did you find out about the Lemon Law? Personally, I don’t feel all that great listening to metal on metal when cornering at any speeds, especially high-speeds (obviously).

Is there a final conclusion about changing the wheels to an aftermarket wheel? I have searched but to no avial.

Gary Wells · #87 (**permalink**) 10-05-09, 10:18 PM

I did a search yesterday or the day before on this forum section under the term "clicking" or "click" and what came up sort of scared me. There was 1 1/2 pages of threads that came up, of which approximately appeared to be about half were regarding the wheel clicking issue. Some of the early reporting peeps haven't been on this thread or haven't been on the forum for a while, so I can only assume that some or most of these peeps have just learned to live with the issue. I just tried searching and I got the "security token gig" like 3 times in a row under the term "clicking" and 2 times under the term "click". Maybe just a coincidence, maybe not. It would be interesting to Pm some of the early players in the "wheel clicking issue" and find out if their issue / issues were ever taken care of. I would sure like to know the build dates of the cars that have had this issue.

ewill3rd · #88 (**permalink**) 10-05-09, 10:27 PM

I'd be happy to take a crack at one of these.
I can't promise that I would set any speed records or that I'd have a magic fix but I am curious to hear it and see what it is all about.

Palagius · #89 (**permalink**) 10-05-09, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ewill3rd

I'd be happy to take a crack at one of these.
I can't promise that I would set any speed records or that I'd have a magic fix but I am curious to hear it and see what it is all about.

My car and I live in Fairfax. If mine does start again I'd be glad to let you have a look at it.

Gary Wells · #90 (**permalink**) 10-05-09, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ewill3rd

I'd be happy to take a crack at one of these.
I can't promise that I would set any speed records or that I'd have a magic fix but I am curious to hear it and see what it is all about.

That is a very generous and note worthy offer, ewill3rd, and if mine were clicking yet and I lived anywhere near you, I would be down there in a heartbeat. I've only 500 miles on mine, but as you can tell, I am dreading the 3k mile click. I am hoping that I am one of the lucky ones that does not have this issue. You will surely go to heaven on your merit alone if for no other reason solely for offering to look into this issue for us.