Symptoms:

When making a hard left turn, such as backing out of my (rather hilly) driveway in the morning, as the left front compresses i get a very loud (think wakes up the neighbours) squeak from the left front wheelwell.

This problem is very bad the colder it gets, if the ambient goes above 70 deg. or so the problem almost entirely goes away. This problem also never happens on right turns. If I hold the wheel hard left on a flat surface and brake-torque the engine, i can reproduce the squeak, but not as loudly.

So far, I've inspected for mechanical interference (found none), and used a needle grease gun to lube the lower ball joints. This tightened up my steering, but did nothing for the squeak. Also, with hood open, if you watch left strut tower mount, the noise is NOT coming from there, but clearly from left front suspension area under the car.

Suggestions on where to look next? I'm not very good with suspension issues.

 

i have the exact same problem but on the passenger side..
i have no idea what could be causing the problem..
its the the axle.. cause it makes clicking noise

i dont see the tires rubbing..
and i dont see the rotors grinding..

i'm clueless

 

turn stops?

 

axle or the car is feeling the cold....j/k

 

I have this problem also. The dealer is installing new steering stops next week which should fix it. Sounds like the same problem mentioned in this post:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=436334

 

SOLVED this problem at last!

Thanks to whomever suggested the lower control arm limit bolt bump stop caps.

I put Max up on a lift, and inspecte the lower control arm limit bolt end caps. They were intact but looked pretty worn out.

Using a pair of pliers, I removed the old ones and installed the two new ones from Nissan.

After testing, I can confirm that this FIXED the problem!

 

Subscribing.

 

Wasn't the problem already solved in the post just above yours?

 

I solved it on mine about a year ago. Only problem - the new bumpstops I put in have now worn through and it's happening again cheap-*** plastic....

 

lol, richard...theres a way to subscribe without bumping up a 4 month old thread!

or your just feelin like teh dirty pirate hooker today!?

 

Yes... :

Got a write up?

Yes... I felt like being teh dirty pirate hooker,

 

can anyone posts pic of this change out

thanks

 

Good lord! someone give me a write up!

 

Did you look at the link posted above?

You can see from this pic what needs to be done:

http://www.arches.uga.edu/~arslaan/bumpstop.jpg

I don't think any write-up would be necessary.

 

write-up:

1. take worn-through plastic bump stop cap off.

2. put new one one.

enjoy!