Mazda 3 Hatchback 2019: When Gas Paddle Pressed in Idle or Moving, When Shifting R to D to N & Coming to a Stop I Hear Creaking on Top and Below Dashboard
Hey Scotty,
My car is a Mazda 3 Hatchback 2019 and I took this issue to the dealer and they also called Mazda Tech, but they cannot figure out the problems. When pressing the gas paddle slightly in idle or moving there is a creek sound that happens for a few seconds and then it goes away once reached higher RPM and the car is in motion, but it comes back when you are at low mph and/or rpm and holding the gas paddle slightly, the sound also happens when sifting D to R to N, and when coming to a complete stop the creek happens and quickly goes away, this is hear on top and below the dashboard, would you know what this is? Mazda and I are out of ideas. Thank You.
Link for the Creek Sound: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a16Bgr_UXo1d0xqsJAfaTL45DpgDkfpV/view
Google drive link doesn’t work.
Well if you hear it inside the dash obviously something inside is vibrating or rubbing. That can be an absolute stinker to diagnose but if you watch my video finding the source of car noises, you'll see there's devices you can attach to different parts of the car to see exactly where the sound is coming from. Since it's in the day she might also try a fiber optic borescope to look inside to see if any parts look broken and are rubbing on something making it creak
Try squirting some WD40 on the accelerator pedal linkage.
