Hey Scotty, my namesake.. I was born in the early 60's and likely named after a famous astronaut at the time, Scott Carpenter, what's your story?
My wife just purchased a new 2021 Corolla LE and loves it. My concern is a random "knocking" noise coming from the engine. The noise is subtle but more obvious when the hood is closed. The car has 700 miles on it now and the noise is still there.
The video links below are after the car was driven for about a half an hour but it does make this noise when it is first started to. Oil level is spot on and clean.
Just to be clear, I'm not talking about the injector noise, they sing like a choir but I'm assuming this is to be expected, the noise I'm talking about is a random "tapping" or "knocking" that occurs every few seconds or so.
Looking for a piece of mind here that this is nothing or it's something, god forbid, a mechanic at the dealership must rip into and perhaps create who knows what else sort of issues down the road on this one month old car, not to mention trying to convince the dealership there's a problem in the first place. LIVE FREE OR DIE!
It should still be under warranty. If I were you and to avoid any headache, I would not touch it and take it to the Toyota dealer and ask them to fix it.
