Hello, I noticed that my 98 Max makes a noise while making left turns. I can only hear it when making a turn at about 30mph or more. Its coming from the rear, might be one of the wheels because it sounds like its rubbing against something. Its a deep noise and its not constant during the during the turn. Anyone have any ideas...Im a noob and I dont know much about cars. Thanks.

 

Could be the CV joints or the front strut bearings http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=254238

 

I read that the CV Joints make a clicking sound so it I dont it can be that. I had to go a long drive today and it seems like I can hear the noise more often when driving a longer period of time. I was driving straight at 60-70mph and it started making the noises. Sounds like it is coming from the left rear wheel area. I usually hear when making left turns at 20-25mph+. I made a short video of the noise. You can see anything because it camera is sitting between the rear seat headrest and the speaker on the left side. I made a left turn from a complet stop, you can hear the noise after the churp, its a few deep buzzing noises. Does anyone have any idea what it can be? I dont really want to take it anywhere to get it fixed because all the places around here like to rape me for money. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jeeve76/noises.avi

 

from that video i cant tell if its your exhaust or something else making the noise.. my best guess would be either the wheel bearing, or a sticking rear caliper thats making the noise.

 

I have the same problem, but from the video it sounds like your noise is slower. In my Max you can hear it just about anytime, with different frequency...the faster i am going, the faster the noise is repeating. But it definitely sounds like something is rubbing against something else, at first i thought it was coming from the front. i thought maybe it was a bearing or more than one, but after having the car parked overnight and starting up the next day that first couple of seconds when you start moving i can hear something sticking in the rear. So now i am leaning towards the sticky caliper idea and planning on checking it out this weekend. I already looked at the front pads and calipers as well as the joints. looked ok to me. could also be the parking brake pads.

 

I'm going to go with a sticking rear caliper.

If you want to save yourself some $, but aren't YET car saavy, pick up a Hayne's manual for your car so you can start doing some of this stuff yourself.

One easy thing you can do in the meantime is go for a 20 min drive, prefferably with some highway time at decent speed. Do a bit of braking here & there.

Then, pull over somewhere safe and simply hold your hand up to the outside of the rear wheels at the top. Is there a greater amount of heat pouring out of one wheel vs. the other?

Heat is a byproduct of a sticking caliper. If there's substantially more coming from one wheel, there's your culprit.

When you get the Hayne's manual and a modest tool set, you can pull the rear wheel off on the suspect side & analyze the brake pads for said caliper. If the caliper piston is seizing/binding, the pads will be "glazed" (will have a glazed/shiny appearance to them) You may also notice substantially more pad wear on the malfunctioning side vs. the other side.

 

Thanks a lot for the replies, Ill try to check the heat coming off the wheels. I already picked up the manual. Im 17 and this is my first car so I dont know much but Im trying to learn the most I can. I had the car for a little over a month, only things I did so far was an oil change and cleaned the TB.

 

Im having a bigger problem with the noise now. I already tried to feel the heat coming off the calipers and it seemed fine. After I installed my Progress RSB the noise went away. After the having the bar installed for a few weeks, Im getting a noise again and I think its from the same thing. After driving for a while at and going around 60mph I start hearing a deep sound like something is rubbing, and when I make a sharp left turn its the same deep sound bunch much louder. Before I installed the RSB the noise sounded as if it was rubbing...maybe something in relation to the wheel spinning. Before the noise wasnt constant, now its jus a deep constant rubbing sound. Ill try to get a sound clip up soon. Anyone got any ideas what can be causing this?

 

Anyone have any ideas? Its really loud and I dont want anything to get messed up from it.