# Bird/Monkey Sound in my 2003 Camry XLE

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/bird-monkey-sound-in-my-2003-camry-xle/30323>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** noises\
**Created:** [May 11, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bird-monkey-sound-in-my-2003-camry-xle/30323 "2009-05-11T17:38:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bg2357](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@bg2357](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bg2357)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bird-monkey-sound-in-my-2003-camry-xle/30323/1 "2009-05-11T17:38:52Z")

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I randomly hear a very loud sound that I think is coming from under the hood, but it is hard to tell. This sound is something you may hear high in the canopy in the Amazon rainforest. Maybe a bird or monkey the starts at a relatively high pitch then plunges to a lower pitch. No mechanic believes me. My guess is that is is produced by one of the systems under a vacuum, but I can’t seem to reproduce it at will. Many times I’ll just be sitting still at a stop light and it happens several times. Please help me identify this sound.

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**Author:** ![AlanY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@AlanY](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AlanY)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bird-monkey-sound-in-my-2003-camry-xle/30323/2 "2009-05-11T20:38:11Z")

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A loose belt would seem like a likely area to check.