Did you ever find out what the clicking noise was coming from the gauge cluster?
http://forums.maxima.org/7th-generat...ght=door+noise
I am having the same issue on a 2012. been to the dealer twice. No luck finding it yet.

Thanks!

I'd like to keep in touch with you on the rode search. I love driving the car on rodes that are exciting and scenic. The 7th handles well enough to have fun yet not be too crazy. I have not considered modifying the car, but I'm curious about you sway bars. Is the feel of the car significantly altered by them? I find a lot of the fun in romping the car is listening to it. I'm considering an exhaust mod just to give that added dimension when playing in the car.

My family has (2) 09 Maximas. Both have airbag issues. One has been in several times for this issue. Replaced passenger seat with airbag sensors and also had some other part replaced. Neither has seemed to solve this problem. The airbag OFF light still comes on when my wife is in the passenger seat, even more after replacement. The other Maxima we have just showed the same signs and the Passenger airbag OFF light is on and the driver airbag light is flashing. This indicates that all airbags to the vehicle are off. I am taking this one in tomorrow. Seems like Nissan has a serious saftey issue on their hands and I bet they are trying to keep it on the hush hush....

What you should Know:
Most warranties are 40k mi.
The dealership will try getting out of this one if you've passed the miles. Contact the owner of the dealership if you can, to address this problem. The service department will keep giving you the run around. This problem has nothing to do with miles driven.
If your PASSENGER airbag light comes on when someone is sitting in the passenger seat, make sure you take it in ASAP for a paper trail to this problem. When your airbag light flashes and finally malfunctions, you'll have proof of this problem even if you're over you warranty miles.