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smackrel · 07-31-2025, 10:15 AM

After I turn the car off, when I open the door there is a noise that happens in the instrument cluster area. It almost sounds like a motor moving something?

Can someone please tell me what this is?

blsfrs · 07-31-2025, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by smackrel

After I turn the car off, when I open the door there is a noise that happens in the instrument cluster area. It almost sounds like a motor moving something?

Can someone please tell me what this is?

A recording would be helpful.

NoHaveMSG · 08-02-2025, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by blsfrs

A recording would be helpful.

I put my ear to the screen but all I heard was Chris Harris and Max Verstappen

whataboutbob · 08-02-2025, 11:43 AM

Is it the window in the door moving down to allow the door to open?

DarkPira7e · 08-02-2025, 03:14 PM

I'm betting the the window. Watch your driver's side window when you open and close the door. The top of it

smackrel · 08-05-2025, 01:59 PM

Just went out and double checked it. It is not the window. It happens with the window cracked when opening the door engine off, but also at start up, right before the engine cranks.

It sounds like a small electric motor moving something. Took a couple videos on phone, will try to upload. Posting from work PC.

smackrel · 08-05-2025, 04:03 PM

https://imgur.com/a/FNfOuNK

Hopefully that will work…

Compelica · 08-05-2025, 10:49 PM

I know which sound you are referring - it's akin to a whirring sound that lasts slightly more than half a second.

Definitely not the window, but rather difficult to pinpoint the exact location.

sly · 08-06-2025, 01:58 PM

It's the throttle valve resetting. It's a fly by wire system and it rehomes itself when the key is turned on or off. Or it could be the fuel pump building pressure. Unless it's something different...

smackrel · 08-07-2025, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by sly

It's the throttle valve resetting. It's a fly by wire system and it rehomes itself when the key is turned on or off. Or it could be the fuel pump building pressure. Unless it's something different...

I could see either when it does it at start up, but not when the door is opened after shutdown.
Hard to tell in the videos, but it makes the noise both times.

sly · 08-07-2025, 09:24 AM

My car does the same thing. I have the push button start and when you shut off the engine, some accessories are still powered on until you open the door. Now that I hear it again, it could be the CD player resetting. The stereo stays energized until you open the door.

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08-02-2025, 11:43 AM	#4
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Compelica Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Drives: 86 GT Location: Malaysia Posts: 401 Thanks: 276 Thanked 230 Times in 120 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s)	I know which sound you are referring - it's akin to a whirring sound that lasts slightly more than half a second. Definitely not the window, but rather difficult to pinpoint the exact location. __________________ DIY stuff at Compelica Works

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08-05-2025, 01:59 PM	#6
smackrel Full Throttle! Join Date: Nov 2021 Drives: 17 CBSP Limited PP Location: TPA Posts: 131 Thanks: 121 Thanked 47 Times in 39 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s)	Just went out and double checked it. It is not the window. It happens with the window cracked when opening the door engine off, but also at start up, right before the engine cranks. It sounds like a small electric motor moving something. Took a couple videos on phone, will try to upload. Posting from work PC.

08-05-2025, 04:03 PM	#7
smackrel Full Throttle! Join Date: Nov 2021 Drives: 17 CBSP Limited PP Location: TPA Posts: 131 Thanks: 121 Thanked 47 Times in 39 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s)	https://imgur.com/a/FNfOuNK Hopefully that will work…

08-06-2025, 01:58 PM	#9
sly Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Drives: 2016 Cosworth 2.2 BRZ Location: TN Posts: 339 Thanks: 89 Thanked 204 Times in 127 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s)	It's the throttle valve resetting. It's a fly by wire system and it rehomes itself when the key is turned on or off. Or it could be the fuel pump building pressure. Unless it's something different...

08-07-2025, 09:24 AM	#11
sly Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Drives: 2016 Cosworth 2.2 BRZ Location: TN Posts: 339 Thanks: 89 Thanked 204 Times in 127 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s)	My car does the same thing. I have the push button start and when you shut off the engine, some accessories are still powered on until you open the door. Now that I hear it again, it could be the CD player resetting. The stereo stays energized until you open the door.

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