My 2000 Maxima SE keeps making a weird noise every time I turn it on, off, go from P to R to F, even when I'm driving I can hear it every now and then. It's been going on for almost a year now so I decided to take it to a dealer. They said it's the front motor mount that's making the noise and my computer will blow if I just keep driving. The noise is pretty loud now, you can hear it from 10 feet away.

They said it's gonna cost me $130 for the part, and $125 to install it = $255 + taxes. Should I have it installed there or go somewhere else? I've had a lot of bad luck with private mechanics (check engine light turning on, computer needed to be updated, etc etc) so I'd just let the dealer fix it unless they're really ripping me off.

Any advice you can give me would help a lot.

 

What does it sound like..anything like this:
http://www.andrews.edu/~takkar/transfer/chirping.wav

 

I had that same exact noise but it went away what noise is that ? It was driving me crazy. It would only happen when the car was in park but none the less it was very aggravating.

 

Kevon1>>I have no idea and I really want to know what it is.

 

No, the noise was different. Your car is doing it by itself, mine was doing it only when I did something. For example I'd put it in "Drive", gear shifted, the noise came on and it was like something charging up (electrical noise). Then as I was driving slow in a quiet area the noise would only come back every time the gear shifted. Then let's say I'd stop and turn the car off, it'd do the noise again, however this time it sounded similar and you could tell that something is discharging. And yes, the car is making the noise for about 4 seconds after the car is completely turned off, no key inserted.

I'll try to record it and post it online so you can hear, it's really something hard to describe.