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To help diagnose a noise related issue with your vehicle, please print out this form. You may fill it out at your convenience and bring it in with you for the service advisor to review.


NOISE
QUESTIONNAIRE

Service Advisor Job Aid  

 
Name:_____________________________________ Date:_____________
Repair Order:_______________________________ Advisor:_________________

 
Has the vehicle recently been serviced for this problem/symptom? Yes No
If yes, please explain:_______________________________________________________

 
Any other problem/symptom? Yes No  
If yes, please explain:_______________________________________________________

 
Where has the vehicle been serviced?_________________________________

 
What type of noise?  
Squeak  
Rattle  
Wind noise  
Other  

 
When is the noise most noticeable?  
Cold temperatures  
Warm temperatures  
All the time  
Morning  
Afternoon  
After driving 10 minutes or longer  

 
Under what conditions?  
At idle  
In drive  
In reverse  
Large bumps  
Turning right/left  
Highway speeds (MPH____)  
Slow speeds  
Cross winds  
Smooth roads  
Entering/exiting driveways (road conditions allowing body flex)  
Acceleration  
Deceleration  
Braking  
Rough Roads  
Other___________________________________________________  

 

 
Can the customer duplicate the noise? Yes No  

 

Describe That Noise When You Call Tech Line
Identifying noises is one of Tech Line's biggest challenges because every customer, advisor, and technician can have a different description for the same noise, and these descriptions usually don't match the ones in Tech Line's database. To get an accurate repair from Tech Line when you call in with a noise complaint, and for accurate noise descriptions on warranty claims, use one of the sounds from this list:

Noise Description (sounds like)
Noise Description (sounds like)
Banging Slamming a wooden screen door   Grinding Sharpening a tool on a grinding wheel
Bonging Hitting a large gong   Groaning Twisting wooden beam on a ship
Booming Rumble of distant thunder   Growling Dog protecting his food
Buzzing Electric razor   Gurgling Water down a bathtub drain
Chafing Rubbing dry hands together   Hissing Leaking tire
Chattering Windshield wipers across a dry windshield   Hooting Owl call
Chirping Bird or cricket call   Howling Wind blowing through a leaky door
Clacking Railroad carr wheels rolling on a track   Humming High-voltage transformer
Clanging Cow bell or dinner bell   Jingling Keys hitting each other
Clanking Wrench dropped on concrete   Knocking Knuckles rapping a wooden door
Clapping Hands clapping   Moaning Blowing across the top of an empty bottle
Clashing Cymballs hitting together   Oil Canning Flexing a metal gas can
Clattering Fallng bowling pins   Pattering Rain drops hitting a window
Clicking Extending and retracting a ballpoint pen   Pinging Pebbles rolling around in a tin can
Clinking Empty bottles hitting each other   Popping Cork coming out of a champagne bottle
Clunking Slamming a heavy wooden door   Pounding Hitting your fist on a desk
Cracking Ice cubes breaking when dropped in water   Rapping Judge using a gavel
Crackling Wood burning in a fireplace   Raoaring Speeding 4x4 truck with open-tread tires
Creaking Opening a door with rusty hinges   Rumbling Bowling ball rolling down an alley
Croaking Frog call   Scratching Rubbing two pieces of paper together
Crunching Walking on dry snow   Slapping Dribbling a basketball on a hardwood floor
Droning Distant propeller-driven airplane   Squealing Skidding tires
Drumming Nervous fingers tapping a desk   Ticking Tapping a pencil point on a desk
Fluttering Flag flapping in the wind   Whining Distant siren
Grating Shovel raked over pavement   Whistling Steam coming out of a tea kettle