# Funny sound from the dash

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/funny-sound-from-the-dash/73058>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 14, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/funny-sound-from-the-dash/73058 "2012-06-14T19:37:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![insight30](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5e9695/32.png) [@insight30](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insight30)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/funny-sound-from-the-dash/73058/1 "2012-06-14T19:37:24Z")

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My car makes a funny sound (like an audio cassette being rewound in the area above the radio in the dash) when I start it, and the sound only stops when I turn the headlights on.  
I am not very savvy about cars, so simplified advice would be wonderful. Thanks 🙂

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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:** [June 14, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/funny-sound-from-the-dash/73058/2 "2012-06-14T20:00:40Z")

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Telling us about the car–make, model, model year, odometer mileage–is always a good way to start if you want good advice.  
Also–is the HVAC system “on” when you hear this noise?

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/funny-sound-from-the-dash/73058/3 "2012-06-15T00:03:36Z")

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It’d also be nice to know if you’re the original owner and is so is this a new sound or one that’s always been there.

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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:** [June 15, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/funny-sound-from-the-dash/73058/4 "2012-06-15T00:52:00Z")

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Also–is the noise–or the absence of it–temperature dependent?  
In other words, do you hear it only when the ambient temp is low, or only when it is high, or under all temperature conditions?