Hello - What a wonderful forum. I wish I had come here a year ago when I bought my 04 HCH with 150K miles. Since then, I had to replace the transmission, but otherwise am happy with the car. (Got such a good deal that the new transmission still brings my total cost to less than blue book.) My wife hates it, though, because she's still mad at me for needing to buy it in the first place, but that's another story for another time...

There is this little problem with what sounds kind of like a grinding noise, or like a chain rattling. At first, we were really scared by it, but now it's just annoying.

It only happens at low RPMs, and only while the A/C is on. Problem solved simply by shutting off the A/C, but who wants to drive like that in July?

It started about two months ago, and I know I should just have the dealer look at it, but who has the time. Anyone else experienced this? Should I really be worried? I've looked up and down the forum and don't see anything that rings a bell.

Michael