Sluggish and weird noise We have a late 2012 X-Trail Ti. Has been really good for us and just coming up to the 50K service. At the moment it's making a few strange noises. Mostly when you have low revs and put your foot on the accelerator (often going uphill), most of the time it will make quite a high pitched noise...not quite a rattle but sounds weird – almost like a screach type sound. And also on other occasions it may make a lower pitched rattley type sound. Quite hard to describe. Like it's really struggling to get to full power.
Anyway, just wanted to see if this is common and what it may relate to? And what I should be alerted to when taking the car in for service?
And also, we normally take the car to a Mazda dealer in East/SE Melbourne...but they are quite pricey. Seeing as it is out of warranty, can anyone recommend a good service centre for this car in inner Melbourne that is honest and not super expensive?