tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post8385148336816857532..comments2024-03-11T02:35:50.848-05:00Comments on grand stream dreams: Listening to a Sound from SaturnUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post-61218331811194412352010-03-06T14:29:59.695-06:002010-03-06T14:29:59.695-06:00Interesting... I just started to have this issue o...Interesting... I just started to have this issue on my 05 Saturn Ion 3 and its on the passangerside near like the tire area. My daughter is the one to call it a cow bell sound and it certainly sounds like it. Funny you mentioned pot holes, we had some snow recently and from all the plows, there are new pot holes. One in particular I hit 3 times (I keep forgetting its there)on the passangerside. I wonder if thats my problem. hmm somthing to ponder and tell my dad, who is my trusty mechanic!Merrinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post-91706782791797203772009-06-08T20:15:51.128-05:002009-06-08T20:15:51.128-05:00@ -32 - Thanks for the comment. It was a drag get...@ -32 - Thanks for the comment. It was a drag getting that fixed but it's been solid since.<br /><br />For a while there was a new rattle sound I experienced when going over choppy roads. Took forever to figure that one out.<br /><br />Turned out to be a an issue with the radiator/frame. The Ion radiators are fixed at the bottom but the top isn't. Instead they have a "peg-stud" at the top corners which float inside a rubber "grommet" which is then fitted inside the upper cross-frame member. Turns out that one of those rubber grommets fell out (?) and it was just metal on metal. There is still enough play in the mounts to allow the radiator to jiggle around and the metal stud was making contact with the frame...thus the rattling sound.<br /><br />I've yet to swing by the dealer to pick up a replacement but a carefully tucked/twisted/secured shop-cloth seemed to keep the rattle at bay for now.<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />--Claus V.Claushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692921474310162470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post-42479185335791255512009-06-08T01:32:24.854-05:002009-06-08T01:32:24.854-05:00I just happened upon this since I was looking up s...I just happened upon this since I was looking up some issues I had after hitting a curb. I've heard this noise for sometime now and I have a hit a few potholes prior as well as a piece a debris on the highway that fallen off the vehicle in front of me. Very helpful I'll check this out.-32https://www.blogger.com/profile/11804546070855154936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post-74137455217084534952008-12-22T23:18:00.000-06:002008-12-22T23:18:00.000-06:00I've been hearing a similar sound, and I was hopin...I've been hearing a similar sound, and I was hoping it's my transmission I'm having to have replaced right now in my 2004 Ion 3 Coupe (and thank God that's covered under the warranty!). I've always experienced a somewhat bumpy ride, but this grindy noise started recently and the guy who drove me from the dealership to the rental place told me it was due to the cold weather since the Vue we were in made the exact same noise. I was pretty doubtful a sound such as that could possibly be normal. It absolutely sounds as though something is fixing to go totally and completely wrong. I hope they find the real problem while they're holding on to my car these next 2-5 days (since who knows how long it'll take with the holidays).DivineDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966047906539424951noreply@blogger.com