# 2009 Subaru Forester clicking noise

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-subaru-forester-clicking-noise/138373>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** subaru, forester\
**Created:** [April 12, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-subaru-forester-clicking-noise/138373 "2019-04-12T13:28:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bollinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bollinger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bollinger)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-subaru-forester-clicking-noise/138373/1 "2019-04-12T13:28:50Z")

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have a real bad clicking noise in my 2009 4cyl gear box in my suburu forrester

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**Author:** ![Will\_loves\_cars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/will_loves_cars/32/14553_2.png) [@Will\_loves\_cars](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Will_loves_cars)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-subaru-forester-clicking-noise/138373/3 "2019-04-12T20:14:56Z")

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I have looked it up nobody knows what it is. You may need to go to the Subaru dealership and they will take it from there.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-subaru-forester-clicking-noise/138373/4 "2019-04-12T20:22:52Z")

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Have someone check for loose hardware at the gear box cross-support.

Tester

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**Author:** ![acensor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@acensor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/acensor)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-subaru-forester-clicking-noise/138373/5 "2019-04-16T00:11:28Z")

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Don’t mean to insult your intelligence (as most likely you would not confuse a CV joint noise with gearbox) but when I hear “clicking noise” first thing I think of is CV joint, as it’s common for them to fail.  
Trust you ruled that out.