2000 Maxima - rubbing/grinding noise at 50+ mph
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2000 Maxima - rubbing/grinding noise at 50+ mph
I have a 2000 Maxima with 70K miles. At around 50 mph, I start hearing a low frequency rubbing noise... almost a grinding type of noise. As my speed increases, the volume and speed of the rubbing noise also increases.
Could this be the rotor problem that seems to plague the 2000 Maxima?
Could this be the rotor problem that seems to plague the 2000 Maxima?
#3
I'm getting a small amount of steering vibration during braking, but barely enough to notice.
Any other ideas what this might be? I guess I had better just make a service appointment at the Nissan dealer.
Any other ideas what this might be? I guess I had better just make a service appointment at the Nissan dealer.
#4
Could be something simple... I think they're called vacuum plates. It's the metal plate that is behind the rotor. My mechanic was fixing something with my suspension and it got bent. It was rubbing against the rotor and the sound would gradually get louder. I brought it backto him and he knew what it was right away. He had it fixed in 2 mintues. Just pulled it away from the rotor.
#6
Are you guys on crack? This is textbook bad wheel bearing, which is a common Maxima problem. Kevin, there are two ways to test for bad bearing:
1. jack the car up on the wheel where the noise is coming from (if you can't tell, do all of them - one at a time of course).
grip the top and bottom of the tire/wheel, and pull out on the top while pushing in in the bottom and vice versa. if there is any movement, the bearing is bad.
after that, put one hand on the coil spring and grip one of the middle coils. with your other hand spin the wheel. if the bearing is bad, you should feel a vibration through the spring, almost as if the wheel has little pebbles inside of it....
or any good mechanic can diagnose a bad bearing in about 5 seconds.....
1. jack the car up on the wheel where the noise is coming from (if you can't tell, do all of them - one at a time of course).
grip the top and bottom of the tire/wheel, and pull out on the top while pushing in in the bottom and vice versa. if there is any movement, the bearing is bad.
after that, put one hand on the coil spring and grip one of the middle coils. with your other hand spin the wheel. if the bearing is bad, you should feel a vibration through the spring, almost as if the wheel has little pebbles inside of it....
or any good mechanic can diagnose a bad bearing in about 5 seconds.....
#9
I get this noise, although it's crept up on me so it's somewhat hard to pinpoint as any different from normal road noise, but I hear it over my stereo now... but when I jack it up I don't feel any play in the wheel. The noise seems to be keyed to vehicle speed, and pressing the clutch pedal in (allowing the RPMs to drop) doesn't change it, so I know it's not my intake making the noise...
#11
The problem turned out to be tires that wore unevenly. They were "cupped"... a wavy feeling when running your hands over the edge. I only had 20K miles on them and did all the usual stuff (rotate, balance, alignment, and tire pressure). I'm getting 4 new tires today. The shop-owner where I got the tires is giving me a new tires at 60% off after a bit of complaining.
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Originally Posted by kevin2
The problem turned out to be tires that wore unevenly. They were "cupped"... a wavy feeling when running your hands over the edge. I only had 20K miles on them and did all the usual stuff (rotate, balance, alignment, and tire pressure). I'm getting 4 new tires today. The shop-owner where I got the tires is giving me a new tires at 60% off after a bit of complaining.
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