Hey i have a question. My max and two of my other friends' maxs (both 95s) have the same problem. Our rear drivers side doors squeak like you cant imagine. I tried hitting it with white lube, but nothing. Any of you have the same problem? Is is some sort of common problem? Thanks.

 

I HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM X2 !!!! I have a 95 maxima and both my back doors are extremely difficult to open. Its more than a squeaking noise its like a deep grinding noise. My friends 96 gle has the same problem but not as bad as mine. Ive tried cleaning and lubing the hinges but no luck. Any help would be appreciated to help me and cantgofast, or any one else with this problem.

 

My mom's 96 has this issue; I greased the heck out of the hinges, but it looks like the entire hinge is rusted through; I am not sure what to do except get a whole new hinge, re-weld, etc. Not a feasible solution really. Maybe I could break out the steel wool....

 

SO DO I........I have the same problem on my 95 max. driver side rear door. I greased it up earlier to day at my brothers shop and then opened/closed it like 30 times. I'll see how it is tomorrow when I GO BACK TO SCHOOL

 

Let me here join the club.. same thing is going on with my maxima. I am about to go crazy.. But probably what im gonna have to do is take it to the nissan dealership...lets hope i dont have to sell any of my organs to pay for it...

 

It seems that I have the same problem and i am starting to see a pattern develop with all early 4th gens why must the doors squeak in such an appalling and udderly disgusting way

 

Here is what you need to do:
Get a part called the rear door check links, they are about $18-20 a piece, I bought mine from Jerry Rome Nissan. You will need to take the rear door apart, but just the inside cover. It is not too hard to do. I had the same problem with the noise and the difficulty with opening and now they work like brand new. I should have done a write-up with pics, oh well

 

Rear Door Check: Part# 82430-51U00 about $20 each


My car has the same problem. Luckily I hardly ever carry any rear passengers. Door hardly ever gets used.

I noticed it the first year I got the car. Best fix was actually to clean all the old grease off. Open/close the door a few times. Clean. Repeat until pretty much grease free. Then I used some fine steel wool to clean it and applied synthetic grease. Open/close. apply more grease. Repeat until noise is pretty much gone. It's still a little louder than the front doors, but not as bad as it used to be.

Don't use white lithium. It's not thick enough.

If your rear doors get used a lot then you'd probably be better off replacing the parts.

 

For the record, same problem on my '96 GXE. Driver's side rear door.

-Ace-

 

cool, thanks. I'll give it a shot for her when I get a chance. I also have to fix her stupid climate control as well.

 

Thanks for all the replies!
It is too embarassing opening my door at skool and having everyone look over at my car. I am going to get it fixed ASAP! Thanks!

 

get a lambo back doors. all you need is 4 X hydraulic shocks and 2 X hinges.

and a creative brain.
at least that's what I'm gonna do if my doors blow off.

 

same here with my 95
thanks for the advice jpmax

 

whoa had the same problem...i used some wd 40 today and lets see how it feels tomorrow

 

My goodness, and I thought it was just me. So synthetic grease does the trick? Any particular brand to use?

 

not that it will ever happen, but nissan should do a recall and replace those parts for us if everyone pretty much has this problem.

 

so what was the best solution besides tearing the door apart? did any greases or oils work that well? i am having trouble with my 96 max as well as my 2001 sequoia.

 

This is a known problem with the 4th gens. I thought i was alone until i spoke to a nissan mechanic. ODDLY enough, the rear ones go before the front ones do... i didnt care to figure out why... just had them both replaced

 

My rear doors would squeak like crazy when I bought the car. I just took a can of WD40 and sprayed it on the hinges. The noise stopped, but came back.

This time I sprayed it at the top, bottom, and all the sides. Now the noise is gone It would've been embarassing if my friends would've heard it