2018 Honda Civic EX Hatchback, CPO with 24k miles, Automatic
Just drove it off the lot yesterday. During the test drive, everything worked fine, it’s a CPO with low mileage, no damage, no accidents, etc. The problem- did the test drive in NYC, basically all fast loud roads and highways. Bringing it back home to my quieter neighborhood, started to notice a strange creaking sound that I can’t source. It happens when the car is moving, but doesn’t seem related to the engine at all. Put the car in neutral and revved it a bunch and didn’t hear it. Here’s two clips, the first is a shorter, the second is a longer bit of driving.
It doesn’t seem to be affected by turns/ bumps/ any of the typical noise makers that come up when you google “car noises,” which is why I’m posting here. It’s consistently tied to the speed of the car, have yet to put it in neutral and have somebody push to see if it happens sans engine but can try that soon.
This is my first car, so while I have a basic understanding of how things work I’m very green. Fairly handy otherwise so if this is something that’s a fix I can do would prefer that vs taking it back to the dealer, even though it’s new. NYC doesn’t make things easy haha. Any point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
