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Update: after reading many posts - including the 9 pager, I still don't know what I'm dealing with. This morning, with a flashlight, I determined the knocking sound (not a slap) matches perfectly to the movement of my (supposedly) new belt tensioner. It moves at least an inch back & forth at...

Well, my knock is mos def under the hood, not in the rear. I just need to get a flashlight on the damper pulley to see if I can spot that wobble. Thought others might have been able to id by the pattern of the knock, rapid to slow to quiet within about 1 minute at idle after start. Sounds like...

2006 LS 48k miles Last summer idler pulley & belt were replaced due to squealing belt. It was happening again last week. Plus I had a similar knock noise (more on that below). Had belt tensioner replaced which seemed to have fixed the squeal. But the repair place (local Goodyear dealer) could...

2006 LS. I had it in the shop last week for belt tensioner replacement & they disconnected the battery. Of course, this required me to reset the parking brake when I picked it up on Friday. Saturday early am, it is pouring rain & someone rings our doorbell to ask if the car with all the...