Thread: Popping noise from passenger side when in gear.

if it's happening when you're not moving then it's probably not the axle. and there are differentials in all transmissions. i'm not really sure where it is, i know basically nothing about transmissions. is it slipping or anything? the 4t65e that got put in these cars are sub-par to begin with. i would recommend being quite nice to it, no more power-braking or demanding driving until you get it figured out

Loading the drivetrain for the f of it can give you some sounds. Since you are doing this enough to get some reasonable info, please get more. Is the motor mount shot, full of oil and moving/grinding when you load it up? Is a motor mount nut missing and the sound you hear the stud pulling in and out of the subframe? Is the axle making the noise. Jack and support the car. Turn the wheel back and forth by hand.. there will be some play side to side but does anything feel bad or sound bad?