# 09 civic whirring

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/09-civic-whirring/23062>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 6, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/09-civic-whirring/23062 "2008-12-06T22:21:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sigma693](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@sigma693](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sigma693)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/09-civic-whirring/23062/1 "2008-12-06T22:21:48Z")

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I posted last month about my new 09 honda civic making a ‘whirring’ engine noise. It did it from 0 miles to now - 850 miles on the odo.  
  
  
  
 When it’s cold idling, it whirs til warm. It always whirs while accelerating up from 1st thru 3rd gears. I went and test drove another new civic and it did the same thing. Just normal. I traded a V6 Nissan Frontier which didn’t make noise so I thought my new car was a lemon.  
  
  
  
 This post is just to follow up and for anyone else that might think the noise in their new Honda is a problem…it is not, unless all civics need a recall which I doubt. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/09-civic-whirring/23062/2 "2008-12-07T02:23:11Z")

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So, where is this “normal” “whirring” noise coming from? Those of us who don’t drive '09 Civics want to know.

What makes the noise?