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blueskylee · Sep 26th, 2003, 12:59 AM

I seem to have the same problem as you have stated. Actually I've been hearing a kind of rotational, rolling sound from the exhaust area that varies with car speed (not rpm), and recently I noticed the sound is accompanied by a kind of metal rubbing noise from under the car. Interesting enough the sound is not noticeable every morning when I drive to work until about 10 minutes on the highway. After the engine heats up it is often noticable, but sometimes the noise is small.

I have scheduled an appointment with the dealer next week. I'll print this article out to them and hope that they can diagnose the problem.

I have a August 2002 build (CVT). Haven't received any recall from MINI.

Sep 26th, 2003, 12:59 AM	#4
blueskylee MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Campbell, California Local Time: 01:40 AM Posts: 19 Offline	I seem to have the same problem as you have stated. Actually I've been hearing a kind of rotational, rolling sound from the exhaust area that varies with car speed (not rpm), and recently I noticed the sound is accompanied by a kind of metal rubbing noise from under the car. Interesting enough the sound is not noticeable every morning when I drive to work until about 10 minutes on the highway. After the engine heats up it is often noticable, but sometimes the noise is small. I have scheduled an appointment with the dealer next week. I'll print this article out to them and hope that they can diagnose the problem. I have a August 2002 build (CVT). Haven't received any recall from MINI.