concerning the gargaling, i had a blond moment here basically the A/C was on but was on low and thought it was off (DUUHHHHH) when turned off there is no noise anymore..all is well.
Im starting to get scared as well with this tranny defect I have an AWD and do not seem to have this defect..when accelerating it does make little rumble but seems to be normal since the CVT workes with the high gears....
can u describe maybe a little more? if possible????
thanks