Q: Car makes a sound when the car is first started and driven forward a few feet.

asked by on October 22, 2017

When the car is started, all seems normal. If I reverse out of a spot, again normal. When I first put the car in drive, normal. After a few feet the car makes a clicking sound. If only happens the one time, when you start the car and first drive forward. The car is driven, on average, twice a week. The sound seems louder after the vehicle hasn’t been driven for a while. Any ideas and how intricate would the fix be? The car is paid for and really don’t want to make high dollar repairs.

My car has 66000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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