what is happening is your starter gear is staying ebauged to the flywheel too long. so your starter which is a tiny little gear is spinnig that big flywheel and when you engine starts your starter gear is stay engauged to long so the big flywheel is spinning that tiny little gear way to fast and creates that weird noise way to fix it is to replace starter

 

This is definately your starter gear. Its quite a job getting the starter out. I wouldnt worry about it. You dont need to replace the starter, it just needs to be pulled apart and lubed. Mines been doing this a while now. Its too much of a job to go pulling everything apart for it.
I find a nice way around it is to let go of your engine start button just half a second before you normally would and as it kicks over and starts up it should have retracted in time to not grind

 

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Thanks for all the help. i know its not the TCT that is a completely diffent noise. It definately is the starter... I guess i will just invest in a new one or lube it up like stated..

i really appreciate all the help you guys are great...



Dre

 

They all do it at some point but its always when its cold out. I hate that noise but after researching found that it has nothing to do with the TCT and must be in the starter.

 

Wow. Pretty common to say the least. Mine does it as well. Hopefully no failing to crank or starting engaugement sticking issues to come.

 

Yeah I have been having this same problem and I got only 63k on MY02. I do what prolux said I let off the button early .... Not to early just like after your second crank or something. I noticed it does this under 45 degree weather in my car.

 

Sticking starter . To fix it you replace the starter. Worse case senario by starting many times with a stuck starter is that you ruin the starter, and wait......you have to replace the starter.

 

have you checked if the battery did anything?

 

How much does a starter run.. Would it be best to go oem or aftermarket or does it matter.