Hi Guys,



Just wanted to know if anyone out there owns a manual RAV4 O7 model?  We purchased one a couple months back and now have a "clunking noise" appearing when we put the vehicle into 1st gear.  This noise has been there since owning the car, however it only seems appears after its warmed up - say once we've done 30kms + on the vehicle.



I'm currently dealing with the clarskon Toyota Dealership who are trying to tell me it's a characteristic of the car.  I did test drive another manual up there which was the same model and it did have a slight clunk noise though nothing compared to ours.



(This was a vehicle that they selected which had done 30,000kms more than ours so I don't know how trust worthy such a comparision is)



The mechanical reasoning for it makes sense though I don't believe that it is a "characteristic" of this model and that it happens with ALL RAV manuals.



Would like to hear from anyone that owns the same car, or perhaps a mechanic that knows about this problem?  Apparently its to do with slack in the main shaft / drive shaft?



The management up at Clarkson dealership are really starting to p#ss me off and it seems we are constanlty being told lies - so yeah once again any feedback would be much appreciated!



cheers



Wayne