Kizashi Club

Thanks Ron! It's appreciated. I will maybe do that.

IF you do, please, report back with the lab results and how things are being handled.

Taking my car in this weekend hopefully. I will report back with any answers they give me about the tranny whine. we will see.

Time to join this thread, I guess...

I heard the noise for the first time today (80k kms), after driving in manual for about 5 minutes, a bit more lively. Switched to auto and it seemed to go away, I hesitantly tried to rev it up again after a bit, but it seemed OK.

I went through the comments on this thread (and watched the youtube videos) and it looks like I'm definitely in this exclusive club. I'll keep monitoring it and post updates, too, if anything interesting develops.

Went to the dealer today and drive the car with the tech. Heard the noise and said definitely not normal although they just can't figure it out. When I picked up my car, the advisor mentioned that they did not have a new transmission In stock. I will report back but I think they may replace it.

Who didn't have the trans in stock, the service center or the regional Suzuki parts warehouse?

Not sure but the new tranny was ordered today. It also helps that my friend is the service director.

I posted a new post about this just a few minutes ago, anyone with this problem check it out and see if this is your issue?

Dropping my car off in fri for the new tranny. Got the invoice of how much it would have cost. $7790.00!!!!! And that's just for the part!!

A huge chunk of that 'part cost' is dealer mark-up. Anywhere from 25-45% of what Suzuki charges them for it.