WhitedOut06

Okay, so Im a complete novice on car lingo but the best way i can describe it is this: when i turn my 2006 on and keep it in neutral (or if feathering the clutch up the driveway), if i depress the clutch about halfway i start to get a weird chattering noise. There's no shaking in the clutch pedal or anywhere else and the sound isn't some ridiculously loud obnoxious noise. Its semi-quiet and has just started over the past month. Im completely OCD about my car though and this sound is really pissing me off. Its only when i feather the clutch that it kicks in. Any ideas what it is? Ive had a TOB go out on my old 2003 and it sounded like a train wreck when i turned the car on. Am i in the early stages of TOB wear on this car?

also just because im new to the forums i had to throw in this cute little guy: lol

2005Redfire6

Well I can tell you off the bat its not a throwout bearing because 2005+ uses a hydraulic clutch system that used a master slave cylinder, not a throwout bearing.

GrayPony

The TOB and slave cyl are combined into one unit.

Amacleod21

I occasionally have the same thing in my 2008-while idling out of gear. No problems with shifting or clutch on the run. Transmission is smooth & trouble-free. To me it's the "nature of the beast" and I just ignore it. (see my earlier forum entry on "clutch chatter")

kevinmalec

I also experience the clutch chattering, mainly when I am sitting still at a stop light or stop sign in neutral. It sounds like the noise is directly below my gear shift. I've been experiencing this issue off and on for a couple of years now. I've learned to ignore it.

BIGPHIL

Pretty much all of the s197 4.0's do this. the duall mass flywheel in the 2007+ is supposed to help this a little bit, but really...like others have said, nature of that particular beast.

conejo172

Mine does this too, and just ignore it.

DrivingTopDown

My noise comes and goes and sometimes stays for a while