I’m getting a bad noise coming from the car on deceleration. Seems like it’s coming from the rear drivers side. Attached is a video where you can hear the noise. This was taken in neutral slowing down from about 50mph. It gets more noticeable as the car slows and some of the engine noise calms down.

Honda dealer said it’s the springs in the pressure plate and recommended a clutch and flywheel replacement. Did that and still hearing this noise. Any help would be great!

Car is a 2001 with roughly 47k miles. All stock other than the clutch from Science of Speed.

 

It sounds like a shot bearing. Maybe jack the car up, spin the left-rear wheel by hand, and see if you feel anything bad.

So the dealer has replaced your clutch, pressure plate, and flywheel?

 

I thought the bearing at first too but went ahead with the clutch since it’s a 25 year old car now. I’ll check out the bearing.

I didn’t let the dealer do it, but the three were indeed replaced by a local performance shop that I trust.

Here’s a better video at low speed to hear it better

 

Can you do the same on jack stands or a lift? That will remove any possible noise from the front wheels and tires.

That sounds nothing like clutch buzz from the springs in the clutch. Not sure what that shop was smoking.

 

Yeah I’ll get on a lift this week and see what I find. Thanks for the suggestion. I knew I shouldn’t put too much trust in the dealer.

Just figured they’d be best for such an old car and what I’ve read about how specialized these are. Lesson learned.

 

Check your driveshaft and axle joints, too.

Good luck!

 

Thank you all! I’ll post what it was later.

 

I'd highly recommend going to a shop that specializes in S2000s if you're going to pay for someone to work on these cars. The S has a ton of idiosyncrasies that make sense once you've been around them long enough, but the average mechanic, performance shop or otherwise, doesn't know what they're doing. Case in point: people will get a code for a misfire on a 2006+ and chase around coil packs and spark plugs when it's usually tight valves (assuming plugs and coil packs work fine).

Just my two cents.