GM_Traitor3.5VQ

Was wondering if any other 7th gen owners have noticed this? I started hearing this clicking noise about a month after buying my car (only had 60 miles on it at purchase). Seems to happen intermittently, but mostly when going over road undulations or bumps/potholes here in VA. I don't think it's caused by fluctuations in temperature as the weather here in the DC area has been in the 90's for the past few weeks.

I've taken it to the dealer TWICE in the past 2 months and they've yet to be able to duplicate the clicking noise. Any suggestions or should I keep pestering my dealer to actually take the dash apart to investigate?

smarty666

Can't really answer for you what is causing the noise but if you listen to my local Nissan stealership who said and I quote, "Oh the Maxima is suppose to have rattles and noises b/c its a four door sports car and you would expect those noises to come from such a sports oriented vehicle!"

GM_Traitor3.5VQ

Smarty, I know how you feel about the stealerships from reading your posts all over this forum hahaha. The only reason why I've been able to narrow it down to the gauge cluster is that the rest of the car is super quiet. That's how I was able to notice the "clunk" from the left front suspension (TSB # NTB10-020).

Just aggravating that I have these issues on a car that's only 3 months old!

smarty666

HaHa yeah! I think I'm having some sort of clunking/knocking noise coming from my front suspension or steering column though when I brought it in to my local stealership, the service manager told me that it was a normal noise and that other Maxima's and Nissan lots make noise. Again,

Its such a shame when bad Nissan stealership gives excuse after excuse why your 38k dollar vehicle is making noises and doing things that it shouldn't and refuses to do anything about it!

mgarder28

GM_Traitor3.5VQ

Did you ever find out what the clicking noise was coming from the gauge cluster? I've been to the dealer twice. They say they don't even hear it. I also have bad wind noise around drivers door around 70MPH. They did replace the door gasket. I think it made it worse.

Thanks

mgarder28

Anyone else having this issue? It is driving my wife crazy. She is ready to trade for something else.