This debacle brought new meaning to “firing” up the engine.
A New York City woman spent $700 for mechanics to investigate a bizarre cracking sound in her car — only to feel absolutely “silly” upon discovering the unlikely source. She detailed her automobile fiasco in a TikTok video with over 300,000 views on TikTok.
“I thought there was something wrong with the vehicle,” Alex Nevarez told Newsweek of a “cracking noise” under the dashboard, which she first noticed after a five-hour drive.
The Gothamite, who had owned the vehicle for five years, said a prior mechanic had found signs of rodents in her engine, was worried this could be a “rat’s nest” — especially as she had parked on the street in NYC.
Meanwhile, an internet search revealed that the cause could be low levels of coolant.
As Nevarez was already due for a 60,000 mile checkup, she asked the mechanics to investigate the strange sound, but they could not hear the car-cophony.
“They reported that they did not hear a noise and that was that,” said Nevarez, who finally solved the car cracking caper after getting her automobile back from the shop.
While sitting in the vehicle, the New Yorker noticed the source on her infotainment screen — a fireplace soundtrack emanating from her whip’s speakers, as seen in the accompanying footage.
Offered as part of the Sounds Of Nature app, the faux inferno came complete with the snap, crackle and pop of burning logs in a hearth.
That was after she had reportedly dropped $700 on the checkup.
Commenters sympathize with the woman’s plight with one sympathizer writing, “This is so something that would happen to me.”
Others shared similar stories of mistaking something innocuous for a serious vehicular issue.
“I can’t talk, though,” recounted one. “I took my car in because my windows been rolled down. The windows were locked VERY embarrassing & a waste of gas lol.”
“We had someone bring a car in cause they kept hearing a noise in the door we took the whole door apart looked in out put it back together and they took it still heard the noise investigated further… it was a coin rolling back and forth,” recalled another.
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