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Old 11-26-2008, 06:33 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Tat, Tat. Tat, Now Repaired.

Mark, (SM) at Smart Bloomfield, along with Tech Jason, just returned from the factory, removed the irritating tapping sound completely.

Here's what they did...

1. Replaced purge valve with the new 09 production part.

2. Added extra isolation by placing an extra rubber pad under the new unit.

Neither my wife nor I can hear it tap at all now. We love it as its better than new. 21k on the ode. A2Jack


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Interesting. So the 09s already have this? Nice!
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Did they fix this under warranty. My car is really bad. Who do I need to talk to? The car sounds like junk, at times.
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Did they fix this under warranty. My car is really bad. Who do I need to talk to? The car sounds like junk, at times.
Yes, all repaired under warranty. Our car too, sounded really bad.
Insist they order the new part. Deal only with your service manager. Let us know how you make out. A2Jack.
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Hate to say i told you so, but....
Perhaps the "Purge valve exonerated" thread should be deleted.

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See, this is another reason I'm glad we're ending up with an '09... little demons excised!
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See, this is another reason I'm glad we're ending up with an '09... little demons excised!
Don't worry, our 09's will have their own gremlins


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The 2009 models, will make the toot,toot,toot noise instead.
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Hate to say i told you so, but....
Perhaps the "Purge valve exonerated" thread should be deleted.

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Pete. Not yet, lets wait awhile. As for told you so, no one else ran this out to proof and a fix, other than this forum. Don't be so smug! A2Jack .

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