[5sdschwarz]

I have a tapping noise (6+ months now) I hear it while driving on or off the accelerator. It's a steady clicking/rubbing sound, almost like the sound a baseball card would make attached to bicycle spokes (old school). On inspection everything is clear of the drive train and wheels.
At first we thought it was the tires rubbing the wheel wells from it being lowered because the springs have sagged over time. I returned it back to stock but the sound remains.
Anyone aware of a known issue or have an idea where I can look. It's a 2016 Hellcat Charger with 36k miles on it.
Otherwise the car has been a dream to own and drive!

The sound is like Chinese water torture and is driving me crazy! Thanks!

 

[Xylander]

Pull the wheels and clean the hubs. Every Challenger I've owned gets debris between the wheel and the hub and it makes rubbing/clicking sounds. Most noticeable in reverse or slow speeds during a hard turn, like turning into your driveway. You can hear it sometimes at full speed if you pass by a concrete barrier or something on the roadside. But, all of them did this. My 2015 SP, I read that it was the wheel hub+wheel and I just didn't care much. My '18, I chased down and fixed it. Was the driver's side wheel+hub. I pulled all of them and cleaned them with a high pressure power washer + degreaser. My '20 did the same thing. Pulled just the fronts and repeated the process, fixed it.

 

[Vet Rider]

Some of the weird shit like this is caused by those little plastic tags flapping in the wind under the car. There are plastic tags everywhere on sway bars and on suspension pieces. They have the part numbers on them. I had one flapping in the wind under my car on a rear suspension part that was making noise and I could hear it with the windows down. Ripped it off and noise gone. Hope you find it.

 

[Blickie]

I have a tapping noise (6+ months now) I hear it while driving on or off the accelerator. It's a steady clicking/rubbing sound, almost like the sound a baseball card would make attached to bicycle spokes (old school). On inspection everything is clear of the drive train and wheels.
At first we thought it was the tires rubbing the wheel wells from it being lowered because the springs have sagged over time. I returned it back to stock but the sound remains.
Anyone aware of a known issue or have an idea where I can look. It's a 2016 Hellcat Charger with 36k miles on it.
Otherwise the car has been a dream to own and drive!

The sound is like Chinese water torture and is driving me crazy! Thanks!

Have somebody ride with you to see what corner/end of the vehicle the noise is coming from to narrow down.

You can also rack the vehicle allowing the wheels to hang and have someone operate the car while underneath.

 

[DangCat]

I have a tapping noise (6+ months now) I hear it while driving on or off the accelerator. It's a steady clicking/rubbing sound, almost like the sound a baseball card would make attached to bicycle spokes (old school). On inspection everything is clear of the drive train and wheels.
At first we thought it was the tires rubbing the wheel wells from it being lowered because the springs have sagged over time. I returned it back to stock but the sound remains.
Anyone aware of a known issue or have an idea where I can look. It's a 2016 Hellcat Charger with 36k miles on it.
Otherwise the car has been a dream to own and drive!

The sound is like Chinese water torture and is driving me crazy! Thanks!

Great video on how to lose that sound!

 

[Unholy707]

Pull the wheels and clean the hubs. Every Challenger I've owned gets debris between the wheel and the hub and it makes rubbing/clicking sounds. Most noticeable in reverse or slow speeds during a hard turn, like turning into your driveway. You can hear it sometimes at full speed if you pass by a concrete barrier or something on the roadside. But, all of them did this. My 2015 SP, I read that it was the wheel hub+wheel and I just didn't care much. My '18, I chased down and fixed it. Was the driver's side wheel+hub. I pulled all of them and cleaned them with a high pressure power washer + degreaser. My '20 did the same thing. Pulled just the fronts and repeated the process, fixed it.

I call bs

 

[baabootoo]

Check every individual pad yet?

 

[2ndAmend]

My Challenger had a rubbing noise, some gravel/pebbles got between the rotor and shield. Check by the caliper also.

 

[NoScat]

We certainly could have fun with this thread.

 

[5sdschwarz]

Thanks for the input, I'll look into the things I haven't tried yet and report back but I'm feeling good about the possibility of crap in the wheels/rotors etc based on what I hear and what I know already!