This same sound, regardless of clutch in or out or in nuetral lines up more with a wheel bearing......typically, trans bearings howl under load.
This is also why the car comes with a warranty. Literally hundreds of thousands of cars are made each year. Invariably some substandard parts make it into them. Take it in and demonstrate the issue. Get it fixed.
Definitely not from pot holes. I've never hit one in the car. Never curbed it either.
I will definitely keep you guys posted. I'm going to try to get it in tomorrow after work. I'm a little nervous driving it. I'd hate to see something lock up on the freeway.
My trans was like the OP. It was speed based and not dependant of gear or clutch in/out. They put my car on the lift and had someone spin the wheels while another was under trying to pinpoint where it was coming from. Not sure what speeds they reached on the lift but for me 70/80 the sound drowned out the radio a bit. 20/30 was I think i hear someting but road noise was drowning it out.
Same reason I got mine, sounds like you fell in the same boat as me with low fluid of the assembly line. I waited till about almost 30K miles to swap fluid but by that time I was too late to catch the damage done. I heard the small whine but assumed I was hearing things. One day it grew to the point it overpowered the radio at 70-80 MPH.
From his location he wouldn't see as many as me. If so he would have also been through a new LCA (Ball Joint) like I did. Truthfully I think the end link is done for it as we speak. A new rattle just developed at that same corner.
You should be fine, mine went for quite a bit before I decided "this isn't normal".
Sounds exactly like what I'm hearing. It does away a little after 50 but it could be road noise blocking it out.
You are where I was when I said it was just me hearing things. Eventually it became super loud at freeway speeds.
