# Can you help me identify this noise? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 20, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-you-help-me-identify-this-noise/205369 "2026-03-20T23:18:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ruchei](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ruchei/32/10875_2.png) [@ruchei](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ruchei)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-you-help-me-identify-this-noise/205369/1 "2026-03-20T23:18:45Z")
Hello! I have not driven my car for a month and now have this noise. It is a 2016 V Jetta and normally in great shape. The noise is in the background and sounds like something soft is rubbing against something. It picks up at 10 mi/hr or so and then stays on…Thank you! [https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/f/3f6ae6628ea80cf8d6b1899d0b2392d868545516.mp3](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/f/3f6ae6628ea80cf8d6b1899d0b2392d868545516.mp3) ---
**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:** [March 20, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-you-help-me-identify-this-noise/205369/2 "2026-03-20T23:25:27Z")
I don’t know what you’re using in an attempt to upload an audio file, but it can’ be heard. Sorry! Tester ---
**Author:** ![ruchei](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ruchei/32/10875_2.png) [@ruchei](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ruchei)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-you-help-me-identify-this-noise/205369/3 "2026-03-20T23:34:42Z")
Thank you….I was worried it won’t work. ---
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-you-help-me-identify-this-noise/205369/4 "2026-03-21T00:28:46Z")
> [@Tester](#): > > I don’t know what you’re using in an attempt to upload an audio file, but it can’ be heard. It played just fine for me… I cannot help in diagnosing the sound but I downloaded the file and it is a standard music format (MP3). If you Right Click on the graphic, you can select to have the file Repeat over and over again as it is originally only 8-seconds long. If you click on the three dots, you can then select the play back speed… If you select a playback speed of 1/2 and lower the volume, it is might make you feel like you are the “Chef Engineer Geordi La Forge” on the Starship “USS Enterprise-D” But if you were driving the Enterprise -D, I would suggest you re-align the Phase Coils. **L 😁 L . . .** ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-you-help-me-identify-this-noise/205369/5 "2026-03-21T00:36:41Z")
I couldn’t make out any strange noise either, only the back ground noise… Your best bet would be to use Chassis Ears to pin point the noise… [https://www.amazon.com/s?k=chassis+ears&language=en\_US&adgrpid=1230353840801749&hvadid=76897281095701&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=84428&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-76897366007253%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=2685\_13641257&mcid=72dfd501bf873e86b3d1fcb8a272e575&msclkid=24b3661419ea114fa03d0fa9fe8571ed&tag=txtstdbgdt-20&ref=pd\_sl\_7u0fodua0d\_e](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=chassis+ears&language=en_US&adgrpid=1230353840801749&hvadid=76897281095701&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=84428&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-76897366007253%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=2685_13641257&mcid=72dfd501bf873e86b3d1fcb8a272e575&msclkid=24b3661419ea114fa03d0fa9fe8571ed&tag=txtstdbgdt-20&ref=pd_sl_7u0fodua0d_e) ---
**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:** [March 21, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-you-help-me-identify-this-noise/205369/6 "2026-03-21T11:45:00Z")
All that I was able to hear was what sounded like "road noise ". As Dave suggested, a mechanic can use chassis ears to localize the noise. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-you-help-me-identify-this-noise/205369/7 "2026-03-21T12:05:04Z")
NCC 1701 D By the D they no longer had the Chief Engineer saying “the dilithium crystals can’t take much more of this”. ---
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-you-help-me-identify-this-noise/205369/8 "2026-03-21T14:35:24Z")
Maybe so, the “records stored in the Federation Archive at Memory Alpha were lost during the Eugenics Wars" but this file survived; perhaps when they “changed the Timing Belt” they should have replaced the “water pump” too because this coolant Leak sure caused a problem… 🤣 😁 😂 [https://youtu.be/iN001iUenmU](https://youtu.be/iN001iUenmU) ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-you-help-me-identify-this-noise/205369/9 "2026-03-21T15:10:30Z")
The OP might enjoy real help at least before going off topic about fantasy land…