"Hard drive spinning" noise when car is turned off?

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10-27-2012, 01:51 PM

#21

157dB

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Originally Posted by Whitehorse10

If you can still hear the sound after you get out of the car and close the door, its not the stereo. Never in the history of CD players has there been a head unit that ridiculous.

Until the Ford Shaker unit.
They have a mind of their own...

10-28-2012, 10:23 PM

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jeremy813

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dang it, why did I have to read this thread. Now I hear it every time I shut the car off.

10-29-2012, 06:21 PM

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stags

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My 09 pony does that all the time, pretty sure its normal. Probably just a pump of some kind winding down (oil, coolant, gas, etc)

10-29-2012, 09:12 PM

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Ant-Man

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Originally Posted by jeremy813

dang it, why did I have to read this thread. Now I hear it every time I shut the car off.

Hah same, I NEVER noticed that noise until I read this thread, but yea way normal.

Just like one of those "you're now breathing manually."

10-31-2012, 11:23 AM

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So_Cali

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Pretty sure its the cluster, I notice as the fuel and temp gauge are winding down that's when I notice the noise.

10-31-2012, 11:57 AM

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aaquib1992

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Yup I noticed the louder noise was linked to the A/C fan(s) being on, but it could also be from the stepper motors behind the gauges? Either way, I've had it since I bought the car and have yet to see any adverse effects, so I'll just roll with it.

Still a very weird noise to hear in a car though.

11-02-2012, 06:37 PM

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My 2006 Pony Package has had the same noise since new and it definitely come from the cluster area and not the radio. Besides I had a Shaker 500 and replaced it with a NAV and the noise is still there and is exactly the same.