Hi all, I have noticed a clicking sometimes when I start from a stop. I hear it coming from the outside of the car, not inside. It only is a few clicks, and does not happen all of the time. I maintain the car as recommended in the manual. It doesnt seem to drive differently, but I am very worried about it being an axle or differential. I have 29k miles on it, with diff fluid changed at 21k. I do not track it, but spirited driving, of course. No FI or engine mods. I have a busy work schedule this month and I don't want to F with dealers poking around trying to figure it out and run up the bill, but I also want to fix this before warranty runs out.

Please help!

 

Sigh...did you search? At all? This question comes up about once a day.

Retorque your axle nuts to 220lb.ft., problem solved. May as well get new ones while you're at it, they're cheap.

 

what fluid did you put into the diff?

 

That wouldn't cause a single click upon starting to move. That's the well-known hub nut TSB. It's a $30/30-minute job. Most of us have had to do it at least once.

 

Last year I retorqued the old nuts, that only fixed the problem for a short time. Put new ones on this past spring, along with the axel grease and everything has been good as new since.
Levi

 

The tsib is for older cars isnt it? The newer cars should have it fixed already. http://www.alldatadiy.com/TSB/24/062446b7.html Theres no axle tsib for an 06, however that doesnt mean that isnt the problem.

 

Fluid is whatever Honda uses - I did it with them. I did have tires changed recently - so I need to replace axle nuts or re-torque them?

 

Also, is there a safety issue while driving?

 

Yeah, do a search if you need more info...super common. I believe there's a scan of the TSB here too.

The nuts are only a few bucks each, so you may as well get new ones. The key thing is to retorque to 220lb.ft.

 

nope. not under any normal circumstances.