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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 01:40 PM
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Whenever you touch the car something goes off under the hood...it sounds like a little electric motor. Maybe it's the electric water pump? I think it's even gone off before when I just bumped or touched the car....
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 06:27 PM
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It's not everytime you touch the car ... However the smae thing will happen when you open a door, the bonnet or trunk.
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Old Feb 18, 2009 | 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 530_nz' post='795482' date='Feb 17 2009, 10:27 PM
It's not everytime you touch the car ... However the smae thing will happen when you open a door, the bonnet or trunk.
Does anybody know what that humming/buzzing sound is?
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 03:09 PM
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Its the fuel pump priming. Just called my dealer and they told me they get that question all the time.
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