# 2006 Kia Sorento, Transmission noise

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-kia-sorento-transmission-noise/74727>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 29, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-kia-sorento-transmission-noise/74727 "2012-09-29T05:29:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jdb0722](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@jdb0722](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jdb0722)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-kia-sorento-transmission-noise/74727/1 "2012-09-29T05:29:42Z")

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Just started yesteday. Transmission makes a loud clicking noise when put into reverse or drive, once car is driving it shifts fine throughtout the gears. Only happens when car is started up everytime. Any ideas???

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-kia-sorento-transmission-noise/74727/2 "2012-09-29T15:25:29Z")

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When you checked the trans fluid, what did you observe regarding its level, color, and odor?

…you DID check it, I hope…

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**Author:** ![jdb0722](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@jdb0722](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jdb0722)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-kia-sorento-transmission-noise/74727/3 "2012-09-29T19:33:49Z")

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Level good, color good, odor smells a little funky.

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-kia-sorento-transmission-noise/74727/4 "2012-09-29T19:58:24Z")

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Isn’t this a warranty isue? If you had told us the mikeage we would jnow.

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**Author:** ![jdb0722](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@jdb0722](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jdb0722)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-kia-sorento-transmission-noise/74727/5 "2012-09-29T20:31:27Z")

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The mileage is 108,000