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daveaasmith · Dec 6th, 2018, 10:17

A bit of a odd one, and I’m interested to hear if anyone has experienced this or knows what it might be.

There’s a knock comes from the gearstick area (and you can feel it when holding the stick) and it happens when slowing through 10mph, and always at exactly 10mph. It happens both when slowing in gear or when coasting out of gear (so doesn’t seem to be related to revs). It only happens if I’ve gone above approx 30mph, and not if I’ve gone up to 20mph and back down (for example). It happens whether I brake through 10mph or not. It’s a light knock, but makes me think something is loose. It started about two weeks ago and has definitely got slightly louder. All a bit weird.

My V60 (D3 2012) has 40k miles.

Vacuum engine mount maybe?

A few more experiments and:
1. It doesn’t ever happen when in in 5th or 6th, so only happens in neutral or 1/2/3/4 with/without clutch depressed.
2. It happens when getting to 20mph from standstill without putting into gear (just coasting down hill) then slowing through 10mph.

Dec 6th, 2018, 10:17	#1
daveaasmith New Member Last Online: Dec 11th, 2021 18:05 Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Huddersfield	Gearstick Knocking A bit of a odd one, and I’m interested to hear if anyone has experienced this or knows what it might be. There’s a knock comes from the gearstick area (and you can feel it when holding the stick) and it happens when slowing through 10mph, and always at exactly 10mph. It happens both when slowing in gear or when coasting out of gear (so doesn’t seem to be related to revs). It only happens if I’ve gone above approx 30mph, and not if I’ve gone up to 20mph and back down (for example). It happens whether I brake through 10mph or not. It’s a light knock, but makes me think something is loose. It started about two weeks ago and has definitely got slightly louder. All a bit weird. My V60 (D3 2012) has 40k miles. Vacuum engine mount maybe? A few more experiments and: 1. It doesn’t ever happen when in in 5th or 6th, so only happens in neutral or 1/2/3/4 with/without clutch depressed. 2. It happens when getting to 20mph from standstill without putting into gear (just coasting down hill) then slowing through 10mph.