I was at my local dealership the other day checking out the 2002's.Went in the new altima,i found that it was ok(our maxima's have better looking interiors).When i closed the door i heard this noise that u hear when u close an american car.Like a really chep sound.Now i went to the max and realized that it also did that noise but not as bad as the altima.Why is it that our MAXIMA 2000+ makes this noise.Shouldn't cars that cost 29 000 to 31 000$ not have that noise.

 

By the way my friends jetta has a very nice sound to it when the door closes.But that's a typical german car.Solid and well built.

 

What sound? Like a latching sound?

 

i think its like a slamming sound rather than a "thud" if that makes any sense. i know what he's talking about. i thought i noticed that the new maximas had fairly quiet doors. i actually wanted to know if my new car would have the slam or the thud. so i checked. it seemed nice to me. hopefully it was just the one max you tried. if it was on the showeroom floor it could be from excessive opening and closing. who knows.

 

Nissan gets really cheap sometimes. i can list a lot of things

here is a few:

1.winshield
2.plastic inside the car
3.paint quilty(which is really important)
4.rotors

it can go on and on

 

I think the rear doors sound fine, the fronts sound less solid.

 

damn right about that.....the rear are good...the driver's door sucks the most then the passenger door then the rear are ok

but baiscly both front door suck ***

 

uh...you paid...how much? for ur car?

 

I noticed this on an Altima at the dealership, the rear door sounded very cheap when I closed it. I didn't feel this way about the 2002 Maxima I sat in though, everything felt very solid. They may have improved the stiffness a bit from the 2k-2k1, a lot of things have been upgraded on the 2k2.

 

You guys should hear the doors close on my 16-year old Monte Carlo SS. The Max is sooo solid compared to that car.

The Monte is my alter-ego.

SSeeya!

Steve Ragusa - www.bowtiepower.com
'00 Maxima SE, and a resto-modified '85 Monte Carlo SS

 

Best sounding doors from cars of my friends and relatives:

Friends 92 Camry V6 LE
Friends 99 VW Golf
Uncles 2000 GS300
Brothers 99 Corolla

Worst:
-My 98 GXE max
-friends 95 Mazda 626 (did a poor job putting it back together after speaker install)

The max rattles and creaks... My friends camry closes nice and clean, despite being 6 years older. The interior panels and quality of plastics seems the same in my bros Corolla and my Max, both are equally cheap feeling, yet the max is put together worse, at least the Corolla is silent going over bumps and stuff. The doors close a LOT cleaner.
I heard 5th gens are way improved though, from ones I've driven in it seemed that way..

 

Yup, my 85 Capri sounds horrible, that metal latching sound I hate it!

So far the best sounding doors are from Lexus and Toyota. I remember the Dodge Durango having some solid sounding doors too..

 

I have to agree with you on the Toyota Camry. My moms, despite being 5 years older, shuts with a solid thump. Not just that, the doors are slicker, like they put teflon on them to make it friction free when you open and close the door. My back-to-back comparision with a 2k1.5 Passat and 2k2 Maxima during my job shadow in October showed me that both shut with a similar sound.

Like irvine asked, you paid THAT(!) much for your Maxipad?