I recently noticed an intermittent issue on my wife's car after the car's most recent service when after a cold start (first thing in the morning) I hear a groan/whirring/grinding sound from the engine during moderate (2,000 to 2,500 RPM's) acceleration. I can't feel it through the pedals, but it sounds like it's coming from the engine compartment / firewall. The times it has happened have been after starting the vehicle, letting it warm up for maybe 15 seconds while I adjust the radio, then driving off. After it makes the noise for the first time (lasts maybe 2-3 seconds) it won't make it again during the day. I'm not even sure where to start with this. I'm thinking it could be transmission related, something to do with the AWD system (do these cars need the AWD system serviced?), a recent PCM reprogramming, or perhaps even turbo related.

The car has 66k miles and its most recent service was at 63k miles at the local Ford dealer to perform the following:

• oil change
• automatic transmission fluid exchange
• spark plug replacement
• fuel injection cleaning service
• field service action 19B37 (PCM reprogramming)

The closest thing I can find to my issue is this video (

You Tube

). Note the noise my car makes is not nearly as loud.

Thanks in advance, I really appreciate any feedback!

 

Welcome to the site..

I don’t see any special service info regarding your noise,, what engine is it equipped with?

 

Thanks!


It's the 1.5L Ecoboost.