DCT Whine at low speed

nicknick118 · 05-28-2025, 04:09 PM

Hi All,

Anyone have an audible whine noise coming from there DCT in 1/2/3 gear speeds between 9-35km/hr?

Is this normal?

TIA

lenabos · 05-28-2025, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by nicknick118

Hi All,

Anyone have an audible whine noise coming from there DCT in 1/2/3 gear speeds between 9-35km/hr?

Is this normal?

TIA

Totally normal. Btw that is the diff noise.

nicknick118 · 05-28-2025, 05:39 PM

lenabos the noise disappeares when going in N

M3SQRD · 05-28-2025, 11:08 PM

I have three M cars with DCTs and I haven’t noticed a whine in 1st-3rd gears between 5-25 mph. There’s some slight whine in 1st gear when starting off from a complete stop. Not that it makes a difference from a whine standpoint but I’ve never once driven any of my DCTs in auto (D) mode.

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