Cause: Clicking noises can come from around the transfer case when manoeuvring the vehicle (or driving slowly)
due to activation of the transfer case servo motor.
Remedial
action:
Before doing any other work, the symptommust be simulated using a test procedure.
(Opening the door windows can be helpful when evaluating noises).
1 Conditions for the first test procedure:
? Activate the Start/Stop function and
? deactivate all sources of noise in the vehicle (Entertainment, ventilation, etc.).
? A multi-storey parking garage can be useful for acoustic reverberation.
? Onastraight stretch
? fromspeeds less than 10mph (20 km/h)
? brake the vehicle to a standstill.
? The best way of finding the clicking noise is by driving slowly and then stopping the vehicle.
