Hi, I noticed my hoods vibrate when i reach freeway speeds....any one else notice this...

any cure for this - i understand it may need some adjustment and dealer wants to charge abt 1.5hrs labor for it...

best - Noela

 

http://maxima.theowensfamily.com/tsb/NTB02-005.pdf

 

i need to get this done. my hood was shaking so badly this morning i thought it would fly open. i had to pull over to make sure it was closed.

 

A minor adjustment to the hood stops helps tremondously although it will be just slightly unaligned, that is what most dealers do anyways. I think that problem was just an 02/03 issue my old 01 did'nt have that issue.

 

I've noticed it too, I knew in my 95, when it did it that bad, it wasn't closed so this one I don;t know what to think sometimes.

 

I noticed it on my 00... thought it was a glitch of the max! :-x

 

4th gens didnt have that problem

 

They also take off the insulation and squirt some liquid weld where the welds broke. That, and the hood-stop adjustment took care of mine.

 

Is it easy to see where the welds broke when you take the insulation off? I was afraid of doing this tsb because I do not want to affect now the hood bends if it were to get into an accident (although having it not properly welded may not be a good thing either) if I were to apply the liquid glue incorrectly.

 

Yes, it's pretty easy to see where they broke, or you can take a putty knife and slip it between the hood brace and the hood and slide it along to see where it's loose.

Using a spatula/tongue depressor/putty knife


Broken weld


Also, nobody has mentioned the headlamp packs they put in... basically a piece of rubber gasket installed on top of the headlight housing that changes the direction of the airflow.

 

After having it "fixed" @ purchase, I've just gotten used to it. So long as the locking mechanism keeps it in place, I'll just accept it as one of this car's quirks.

Does anyone know if this problem affects the A33 I30/I35?