Strange whirring and ticking noises from underneath..?!

Laurence Brown

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Anyone else heard these? I would hear this once in a while, noticeable at slower speeds with less road noise. I took a trip down A and B roads to Bristol yesterday and heard it every 2 or 3 minutes - which is disconcerting. No apparent reason for it, as it's not dependent on anything I am doing, with HVAC on or off, and no matter which mode or KERS is selected.
It sounds like an electrical whirring (same as when you select Drive) followed by two quite loud knocks, or ticking sounds. Like a stone is flicked up by a tyre and hits the underside of the car, but it's not.
Exactly the same noise each time, repeated.

Car is working great BTW. 117 miles, cost £1.31 for the Bristol run, 26kw/h.

Of course I will need to get it to the dealer as it is coming more often, but I wondered it's just me, or anyone else had heard this?

Thank you.
 

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What kind of speeds are we talking about here?
Could be any speed Jim, noticeable more when gently cruising, as the road noise at higher speeds means you can just about hear the two clicks (ticking sounds). I charged overnight and left it running next day to balance the batteries - seemed to be much reduced. Noticed it again today, increased regularity more as the charge dropped. Bizarre.
 
I assume you've checked for stones (or other foreign objects) wedged in the tyre treads ?
 
I assume you've checked for stones (or other foreign objects) wedged in the tyre treads ?
Hiya, Yes, I flick them out regularly. These tyres certainly pick them up. It's something central and underneath, electrical noise - must be a balancing system. The garage didn't recognise my description. Car drives great.
 
It could be the thermal management pump circulating coolant around the battery pack possibly?
 
It’s just fuse relays clicking for certain things - happens in all cars but you normally have an engine to block out the clicking
 
It’s just fuse relays clicking for certain things - happens in all cars but you normally have an engine to block out the clicking
Thank you. It certainly doesn't affect any of the driving or charging. Love this car!
 
The ticking is probably just the Diesel Particulate Filter cooling down after doing a regen, my previous car did this sometimes :) :)
 
the noise is kind of loud for cooling down
PS. didn't spotted the joke
 
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Just as a quick update - the noise went away - so it's not bothering us now.
Very strange - as we did nothing. It's gone from intensely irritating to nothing.
 
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