Once agian more issues, both front bushings are gone not due to lowering but just because this car is major crap! Both power mirrors are also being replaced because the won't adjust anymore. What a piece of S**t this car is! I will never buy a Nissan agian!

 

By "bushings" do you mean the struts? Some on the forum have had problems with front struts, and I believe there is a TSB out on them. And if your car is lowered, I don't buy that some of your problem isn't rlated to that. Lowering changes a lot of things in the suspension geometry and there's no way it doesn't affect your struts.

I notice you show an M45 in your info ... does this mean you won't buy another Infiniti, either?

Mike

 

Where is this TSB?

 

I don't think there's a TSB on the stuts...

 

I may have spoken hastily. Someone on this or another forum said one is due on it. But several people have had them replaced under warranty.

Mike

 

My retarted service advisor and the Tech say it's the bushings not the struts, they have replace both bbushings in front and there is still a popping noise everytime I turn the wheel. They say that the struts will be checked on Monday to see if there the problem.


In doing the TSB for the brake shimmy they warped my rotors beyond repair so they replaced the entire brake system, pads, rotors, etc. I can't beleive how lame they truly are!

 

Well, the bushing is a seal on the bottom end of the strut rod, and when struts go it's usually the bushing that fails, causing the fluid to leak and air to get into the assembly. It's possible to just replace the bushing and be okay if the rod isn't bent or if something else in the strut isn't screwed up. If it's still making noise, I'd guess something is screwed up inside the strut assembly, possibly from driving with blown bushings (which you couldn't help, I'm sure). Looks like you get new struts!

Mike

 

I have put 10k so far with nothing wrong.. Keeps my fingers cross!

I just wish ppl in Tenn start to wake up and not to **** around and build these cars better.

 

Hahaha. The struts are subcontracted to an outside supplier. They don't build them at the Tennessee Nissan factory. So maybe the suppliers should wake up and do better ... or the struts should be spec'd differently by the engineers in Japan who design this stuff in the first place.

Mike

 

dang man im sorry ive let you down so many times.

sincerely, your maxima.

 

Your service advisor is NOT retarted. The reason you are getting a popping noise when you turn the wheel is due to the upper spring mount not being in correctly. There is a point on it that says out. It MUST point out or you will get the popping and kill the bushing.

 

I don't know about the TSB for the struts but I had mine replaced under warranty. The dealership was more than willing to change it and they did it well. No more "thumping" sound.

 

My max makes an aweful popping sound when turned around in parking lots (when wheel is turned almost as far as it will go) and occaisonal squishing sounds or squeeks/pops when going over bumps... so far, dealership cannot replicate issues.

 

wont a bad cv joint make the same popping noise when you are turning.

 

Yeah, it could... my 94 Sundance had a very bad CV joint (I think Chrysler just recalled like 600,000 new vehicles for bad CV joints too), and it made really loud noises when turning (much louder and more frequent than my Max).

Once again, I'll keep an eye on it and try to have the stealership duplicate it.

Thanks.