More sounds; metal whirring sound braking to stop in neutral

[l0aded]

I have read in multiple areas that keeping the clutch engaged is bad as it lowers the life of the throwout bearing. So as a result I try to keep my car in gear until when coming to a stop and putting it in neutral just before the car stops (to save my brakes as well). I have been hearing a sound intermittently/occasionally when braking to a stop in neutral I would guess around 10mph just before coming to a full stop.. It sounds like something is free spinning and making more noise than it should and lasts about 1-2 seconds before going away. Anyone else experience this? Is it a problem or another one of our transmissions lovely features?

It's hard to get a sound cap as it happens every so often (enough to be worriesome though).

[Iamthebatman]

When the noise happens, watch your tachometer. Most likely your revs are dropping by a couple hundred right as the noise occurs. This is an engine idle issue, it for some reason only happens when slowing down in neutral. A few owners have reported this issue to their dealer and gotten their ECU reflashed, sometimes it helps sometimes not. Good luck!

[l0aded]

Originally Posted by Iamthebatman

When the noise happens, watch your tachometer. Most likely your revs are dropping by a couple hundred right as the noise occurs. This is an engine idle issue, it for some reason only happens when slowing down in neutral. A few owners have reported this issue to their dealer and gotten their ECU reflashed, sometimes it helps sometimes not. Good luck!

Thanks for this. Does anyone have any more info regarding the ECU reflash? Is it the same one from back in October of last year (that newer models should have now?).