obsidiwankenobi Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Howdy, I have a 2006 Legacy wagon, manual transmission that is a wonderful car. In the last month or so, I notice that whenever I move backwards, whether in reverse gear, coasting backwards down my driveway hill, or even when un-powered, and pushing the car backwards with my foot outside the driver's door (an experiment i conducted today), the car makes a whiny high pitched noise that is relatively loud... not a whisper, but loud enough to be heard by those around the car. After backing out of the driveway, or coasting backwards down the driveway, or pushing the car backwards (as in that experiment) - where each time I hear the noise, I then shift into first and the noise disappears for the remainder of the drive. The first thought I have is that a caliper is slightly stuck on the front passenger side wheel (it sounds like it is coming from that region), but why only in reverse (and not in forward gears), and if it was stuck, why can I still push the car backwards with my foot out the door on level ground? Any ideas? Thanks mucho! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsidiwankenobi Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 Any ideas? Am I missing something?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2005legacy2.5i Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I think that it is pretty normal, every manual car that I have driven including mine has had some sort of reverse noise. I think it's something to do with the way the reverse gear is cut/ the syncros, but I am no expert so don't quote me. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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