Hello all,
I bought a new 05 Altima 3.5SE in Sep. '04 (& previous owner of a '93 altima) and have had 2 annoying noise issues in the interior, which I'd really appreciate help on if others have experienced the same problem(s).
(1) Incessant squeaking coming from the (large) storage compartment above the shift lever .. ULTRA-annoying (cheesy plastic on plastic variety) squeak noise that started to get worse and worse as the temp. fell (I live in Vermont). In summer, it was hardly noticeable, if at all, but now w/ temps under 40, it's constant - basically every acceleration, deceleration of the car, & over most bumps in the road, it squuuuuuueaks (& loudly).
It seems to be coming from the hinge area of the compartment door. I did try spraying some dry lube (PTFE) around there - no change. I actually took the door off and find that if I press the edge (wall) of the plastic around there, the plastic rubbing on plastic makes the squeak noise - it's got to be this as the car is moving. Very, very poor design...
Anyone else experiencing this - any ideas, if it's possible at all, to either minimize the noise or (in my dreams) eliminate it ?
(2) Mystery noise coming from (seems like) under the driver's seat. It's an intermittent, distinct, "click-click" noise (imagine 2 billiard balls hitting each other).... the "clicks" many times come in succession. Many times I can hear this noise going over bumps in the road, and other times it seems just random (but many times I'll hear it when first starting the car, the first few 1/2 mile or so, esp. when the car is cold - again, the cold temp's making all these type of things worse
This noise, however, is not so temp. dependent as #1 above... I've heard this one from the start, even when temp's were much higher - it does seem somehwat worse/more frequent in colder temps however.
Anyone else out there experience this one? Solution?
Thanks very much in advance for the help & Happy Holidays... Craig
I bought a new 05 Altima 3.5SE in Sep. '04 (& previous owner of a '93 altima) and have had 2 annoying noise issues in the interior, which I'd really appreciate help on if others have experienced the same problem(s).
(1) Incessant squeaking coming from the (large) storage compartment above the shift lever .. ULTRA-annoying (cheesy plastic on plastic variety) squeak noise that started to get worse and worse as the temp. fell (I live in Vermont). In summer, it was hardly noticeable, if at all, but now w/ temps under 40, it's constant - basically every acceleration, deceleration of the car, & over most bumps in the road, it squuuuuuueaks (& loudly).
It seems to be coming from the hinge area of the compartment door. I did try spraying some dry lube (PTFE) around there - no change. I actually took the door off and find that if I press the edge (wall) of the plastic around there, the plastic rubbing on plastic makes the squeak noise - it's got to be this as the car is moving. Very, very poor design...
Anyone else experiencing this - any ideas, if it's possible at all, to either minimize the noise or (in my dreams) eliminate it ?
(2) Mystery noise coming from (seems like) under the driver's seat. It's an intermittent, distinct, "click-click" noise (imagine 2 billiard balls hitting each other).... the "clicks" many times come in succession. Many times I can hear this noise going over bumps in the road, and other times it seems just random (but many times I'll hear it when first starting the car, the first few 1/2 mile or so, esp. when the car is cold - again, the cold temp's making all these type of things worse
Anyone else out there experience this one? Solution?
Thanks very much in advance for the help & Happy Holidays... Craig