Loud Clicking Noise?

[M87NER]

Hi, Am gettin this noise when a was wheel spining in the snow and it seems to come from drivers side wheels or somewhere near also my TCS light is constant on, my mate said it sounds like a relay.
any1 got any clues? cheers,

 

[PhilW]

ABS sensor i reckon. Get it vag com'd.

 

[Funkyfin2000]

mine does this when you spin the front wheel....

not clicking, well it is, but a rattling sound....nowt on vag./com at all...

be appeciated to hear what you find it is...bugging me..

 

[acidstrato]

when i was out in the snow a few weeks back i got my car stuck on a ramp and one wheel was spinning while the other wasnt moving. and i could hear a loud clicking noise.

but as soon as i go the car moving with both wheels turning it was fine

 

[Funkyfin2000]

yeah doing a search it appears its prob just TCS kicking in...

its just not a nice rattle sound..

 

[gavthelad]

yeah its definately the t/c kicking in.

 

[Damo]

It's the EDL system (Electronic Differential Lock). Works up to about 25mph and if one wheel is turning at 100rpm+ more than the other side, it kicks in and does make a clicking sound which is very audible. When TCS cuts in the only sound I get is my exhaust popping.

 

[acidstrato]

is it perfectly healthy then? i had a feeling that what it was in my case

surely most standard diffs do this anyway? (allow for wheels to spin independently?)

 

[Damo]

Yep, perfectly normal mate.

 

[acidstrato]

cheers bud

 

[Funkyfin2000]

thanks, just a weird noise....even like a chatter or like marbles bouncing in a plastic container...very odd and off putting...

weird!

Oh well, fair enuff

 

[Damo]

lol, I couldn't even begin to word how it actually sounds.

How about.............

kkkkrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiikkkkkkkkkk.

LOL.

 

[Funkyfin2000]

heheheh yeah about right

hard to describe but sounds like something rattling or loose...

 

[PhilW]

Yeah but the original post is on constantly not clicking now and again, its ABS sensor i reckon, still needs to get it vag com'd.

 

[Damo]

Yeah you're right Phil, deffo sounds like the abs sensor.

 

[M87NER]

Cheers for the comments-thats the sound i would relate it 2 'marbles in a plastic container' lol.

The noise is'nt constant-just when wheel spining (in snow any way) its just the TCS light on my dash is constantly on-cannot switch on/off,

Cheers.

 

[PhilW]

Get it vag com'd, could be your Maf thats stuffed.