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aco
10-24-09, 01:39 PM
Please indicate whether you have OEM or after-market wheels and if you have wheel clicking or not.

CTS-V-TWIN
10-24-09, 01:44 PM
Both the painted OEM wheels I had and the polished OEM wheels I have now click.

I must add that the painted OEM wheels clicked way louder than the polished wheels though. Must have something to do with the smooth finish of the polished wheels.

SG

anonfrank
10-24-09, 04:10 PM
My polished wheels click occasionally, only at full lock slow turns in the parking lot. Again, It's not bad enough for me to take it to the dealer unless GM has found a real solution.

cbloveday
10-24-09, 07:52 PM
1800 miles
build date 4/09
No clicking, yet

tedcmiller
10-24-09, 08:01 PM
Polished factory wheels with onset of clicking at about 2000 miles. I tightened the lug nuts up (no torque wrench) and the clicking stopped. I expect it to return shortly.

Q Diesel
10-24-09, 09:02 PM
Stock Wheels.....same as above, only at full lock slow turn like backing out of a curvy driveway.

RapidRob
10-24-09, 11:30 PM
OEM polished wheels:

First noticed clicking at around 3000 miles.

Wheels click during moderate to full-lock left or right turns.

I'm not going to try and fix the problem myself right now, but will give the dealer a crack at it next time in ... :suspect:

Rob

thunder gray
10-24-09, 11:49 PM
Same as RapidRob.

Low_ET
10-25-09, 10:31 AM
I had clicking on my OEM wheels. I cleaned the surfaces and re-torqued the wheels. Now the clicking is gone and hasn't yet returned.

AuPanda
10-25-09, 11:04 AM
My polished wheels click occasionally, only at full lock slow turns in the parking lot. Again, It's not bad enough for me to take it to the dealer unless GM has found a real solution.




:yeah:

FastRunner
10-25-09, 03:22 PM
Polished factory wheels with onset of clicking at about 2000 miles. I tightened the lug nuts up (no torque wrench) and the clicking stopped. I expect it to return shortly.

This too is what I did. It returned in about 3 weeks.

Everlast13
10-26-09, 08:44 AM
On my OEM polished wheels had clicking @ low speeds, now I have aftermarket rims with no clicking.