2010 Honda Civic EX-L clunk noise when starting off

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08-18-2014, 11:15 AM

BigMike

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2010 Honda Civic EX-L clunk noise when starting off

Hello: I had a strange experience with the subject car yesterday.I had it washed on the way home from work on friday,and on sunday,after it sat two days in the garage,I went to pick up a pizza. When I put it in drive (I always back into the garage),I heard and felt a distinct "clunk" from the back end,and the car lurched forward.After that,it drove normally.This episode reminded me of what happens in winter (when I assume wash water freezes the brake pads to the drums) if I start to drive after having had it washed the previous day,but what would cause it to happen in summer? The parking brake was not on.
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08-18-2014, 05:47 PM

JimBlake

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Corrosion on the brake rotor. Even when you don't set the handbrake, the pads are so close to the rotor that it sometimes does this. If it's all normal now, I wouldn't worry about it.

08-18-2014, 05:52 PM

BigMike

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Originally Posted by JimBlake

Corrosion on the brake rotor. Even when you don't set the handbrake, the pads are so close to the rotor that it sometimes does this. If it's all normal now, I wouldn't worry about it.

Thanks,man,that puts my mind at ease..