Groan Under Acceleration

["Richard Steckly" <richard2@ibm.net>]

I am hopeful that somebody out there can help me.  Has anyone experienced
the following?

My car (99.5 A4TQMS) has started to make a bizarre groaning noise.  It seems
to be coming from near the left front wheel.  There is a specific band
(approximately 50-100 rpm wide) near 2,000 rpm where the noise occurs during
acceleration (in any/every gear).  I'm not sure what type of noise it is,
but it seems to be something resonating at that engine speed and the noise
comes into the passenger compartment as a groan.  The noise may simply be
coming through the steering column (or any of the other holes that are in
the fire wall for driver control bits), so I am not sure if the source of
the noise is actually located near the left front wheel or not.  Given that
it only occurs under acceleration, I am concerned that there may be an
underlying drivetrain issue that requires attention.  I will be taking the
car to the dealer, but I thought that I would pick your collective brains in
case anyone is familiar with this situation.  Any comments/suggestions are
appreciated.

Thanks for your help!


Richard Steckly
Kingston