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OK - So I've had my QX60 for about 1 month. I have two questions that I'm hoping others with the QX/JX or members from the dealerships can help me with...
1. There is this weird electrical buzzing noise I hear when I'm stopped - if I didn't know any better I would've said its the HID Ballast but there is no way I would be able to hear that from inside the car...?? It's like electric static - the best way to describe it. If any of you have been around transformers, thats what this sounds like (except this is slightly higher pitch). I think it goes away when I go past 10km / hr but not entirely sure.
2. When I'm slowing down to come to a full stop at a light, most car's I've driven have a noticeable downshift in the tranny when it goes down to 1st gear. In my 2006 M35, it is barely noticeable. However in the QX60, I notice a substantial jerk when it downshifts to first. Sometimes its a bit worse than others. Also, when slowing down, it sounds like the tranny is whining (pitch getting lower as the speed slows) - has anyone else heard this? Is this just how the design of CVT's are? I find it very un-refined for a 60k SUV. Especially since my 06 M doesn't even do this and it has 95k miles (150k kms) on it.
Any thoughts? I pay attention to everything my cars do so maybe I'm being paranoid lol but I'm definitely not exaggerating - I've driven plenty of different cars to know when something doesn't sound normal.
1. There is this weird electrical buzzing noise I hear when I'm stopped - if I didn't know any better I would've said its the HID Ballast but there is no way I would be able to hear that from inside the car...?? It's like electric static - the best way to describe it. If any of you have been around transformers, thats what this sounds like (except this is slightly higher pitch). I think it goes away when I go past 10km / hr but not entirely sure.
2. When I'm slowing down to come to a full stop at a light, most car's I've driven have a noticeable downshift in the tranny when it goes down to 1st gear. In my 2006 M35, it is barely noticeable. However in the QX60, I notice a substantial jerk when it downshifts to first. Sometimes its a bit worse than others. Also, when slowing down, it sounds like the tranny is whining (pitch getting lower as the speed slows) - has anyone else heard this? Is this just how the design of CVT's are? I find it very un-refined for a 60k SUV. Especially since my 06 M doesn't even do this and it has 95k miles (150k kms) on it.
Any thoughts? I pay attention to everything my cars do so maybe I'm being paranoid lol but I'm definitely not exaggerating - I've driven plenty of different cars to know when something doesn't sound normal.