406 gearbox noise

Take it back to the garage under warranty.

Thanks for the comments.

The garage says its normal. Can I take it that it is not. I also have a 405 which I have had for years and that does not do it.

What would you suggest that I say to the garage if they insist that it is okay. When I took it in, 2 mechanics drove it and both said they could not fault the gearbox. Presonally it frustrates the hell out of me but my wife says I am being too fussy.

Please comment, I need to get this sorted.

Paul.

I just ignore comments like these, we all have bad days!

Just to explain my problem a bit better:-

The car had done 6000 miles when I got it but I didn't notice the noise on the test drives. I have only had the car for a couple of months. Whilst accelerating the noise cannot be heard. The noise can be heard when.

1. In 5th on the motorway at 70. Only slightly though.
2. In 3rd when coming down from 30ish to 25ish.
3. Most noticable, When coming down from 40ish to anything below

The garage said they are aware of the symtoms and say its completely normal. They even say they have stripped down and rebuilt gearbox's replacing all the relevant bits and the boxes still get the noise.

I just can't accept that this is normal. My 405 gearbox is on 110,000 miles and its quiter than my 406.

The reason for posting on this group was to see other people have had the same problem. Before I posted I looked back quite a way and I couldn't find any messages about noisy boxes on a 406.

I appreciate any help ro advice any body can give.

Many Thanks

Paul.

One thing you could do Paul is ask the garage if you can drive another 406, so you can compare them. If they haven't got one, go to another garage to test drive one. At least then you'll be able to confirm that the noise isn't normal,

Neil

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Which of course it isn't.

Rick.

Hi Rick,

In my last post in point 3, I explained how I am driving it when the noise occurs.

Would you not consider that normal driving behaviour? I drive round at between 30 and 40 in 4th and the noise occurs. I thought that was normal.

Either way, you say that it shouldn't whine so even if it was my driving habits then it still should not make the noise. And like I said my 405 doesn't do it.

I thank you for all your comments. Nobody has yet said that theirs has whined so I am going to conclude theres something wrong with it. Also there are no other posts that I can find with this sort of problem.

Kind Regards

Paul.

Looks like u missed this bit. - ;-) ref. prev. post on the subject. Best of luck getting em to sort it.

Rick.