Infamous fan or belt squeal this morning

[vvv90]

When I started it and drove off I couldn't hear anything....After letting the car warm up at the gas station getting coffee I had to head back home for something.

I pulled in the driveway and ran inside. I came back out and it was squeaking at idle. I noticed this only once before and it was only slightly quieter before.

I blipped the throttle when it was parked and the squeal went away.



I guess I'll mention it to the dealer. Anyone else get this fixed yet?

Someone else posted this in General. It's probably not SRT8 specific but I do remember a couple 8 owners experiencing this.

http://www.300cforums.com/forums/sho...378#post105378

[WhiteDiamond]

Ours does a similar thing, I get a constant high pitched whine after driving around with the A/C on. If I blip the throttle, it goes away, but I have noticed the idle drops ~100rpm as well to a normal speed. Did you notice if the idle speed was slightly elevated when yours made the noise?

I should add, not all the time, but very often on ours.

Todd

[vvv90]

No, it was idling just fine, it just made a little noise is all.

Bad tensioner?

[WhiteDiamond]

I believe ours is an A/C clutch or A/C compressor issue. It will only do it when the A/C is on and has been on for a while. I'm not sure, but I thought I would ask.

Todd

[Dan SS2471]

vvv90 what was the weather like? I've seen this happen sometimes when it's really damp out and the tensioner pulley develops condensation. It will stop after everything dries up.

Dan

[vvv90]

The A/C was definitely not running, and it was beautiful out this morning. The car was in the garage and it wasn't damp. About 80 degrees and sunny. I don't think it's a weather issue.

[Dan SS2471]

Originally Posted by vvv90

The A/C was definitely not running, and it was beautiful out this morning. The car was in the garage and it wasn't damp. About 80 degrees and sunny. I don't think it's a weather issue.

Sounds like you're right.

I have experienced it with the vehicle parked in the garage as well but not when the weather was nice.

Good luck.

[Rebel78]

I haven't noticed the problem yet, but when it was really humid back home in southern MS, we used to get quite a few cars doing that back in my pops shop. Hopefully it's just a bad belt, or a tensioner issue, not bad compressor pulleys.

[NorCalSRT-8]

Any updates on this? My car starting doing this about a week ago.

[ReCoRd TiMe]

My did it on friday, drop it off at the dealer today see what happens.