I had a "similar" rattle from under the hood.... turned out to be two loose bolts like the gold one seen in the middle of this pic.


At the bottom of this black heat shield.

 

with the clutch buzz noise, you don't just hear the noise but you feel the vibration through the car and the shifter. with the loose heat shield, you can hear nose but there shouldn't be any vibration.

 

thanks guys ill check it out!

 

got the same problem in mine too man. hopefully a new clutch disk will take that awsy. so, the actual clutch springs are weak basically? causing the tranny to "buzz". i will search on this topic

 

clutch buzz is not covered under warranty.

unless you have the part and have some previous work done at the dealership it should be honored.

 

hey can you point out where the 2 bolts are?? i think i have this issue as well

 

damn. oh well. i just got screwed because i just bought my s2000 and i could of sworn that it was just a exhaust hitting the car or heat sheild. i told my dealer to fix this though. hopefully they dont charge me.

 

Take a video of the noise and post it up.

Another suggestion,
Bought the car used? Could be a mis-placed oil cap sitting behind your engine ontop of the tranny. Bit*h to get it out of there. Good luck.

 

Unfortunately they are very hard to photograph, but you just feel along the bottom of the shield (on a cold engine of course) They are 10mm and probably the best thing to get to them with is a wrench or preferably a racheting wrench.

Tomtom

 

yeah bought it used. i will take a video of it tonight. its pretty loud so i hope my camera can get it. misplaced cap on top of tranny>?