Rear End Noise
 

Anyone has a clicking noise at the rear end? I have a clicking noise coming from the rear of the car when I go from a stop to moving or a slow roll. It sounds like it's coming from drivers side rear wheel. If you guys can check your car out for this noise.

I've definitely got the same noise, and have not been able to locate the source. Mine does not seem to be noticed until the car warms up, then you get this intermittent faint clicking sound.

Check your tires for a nail.

It happens when backing up too. Hitting the gas randomly in 2nd gear about 10 mph usually this noise will occur just in slow speeds. I can't hear it at high speeds though.

Bradz.... Do you have the touring model? I first suspected the cargo cover, but havn't been able to isolate the clicking as coming from my cargo cover.

No, I just got the base. Its not inside the car. I'm pretty sure its outside the car.

Check your lug nuts

I took my 370 in last week for the third time for this. turns out nissan has put out a bulletin on the rear axles. Diff needs to be opend and axles need to be greased. then rotated 180 degrees and have everything installed and torqued. there are some new parts invloved but they are jsut washers and coder pins. its all under warranty. My car feels soo good now. more responsive at low gears and NO MORE CLICKING SOUND! also i got to put 1000 miles on a brand new loner altima in a week. LoL

^^ wanna hear more about this

Can we get a reference to the bulletin..

Thanks

No noise with mine. I've got just over 5000 kilometers on it. No issues.

I've got just over 9500 miles on mine and I too in the last two weeks have noticed a funny clunk/loud click, thump sound. :shakes head: It is coming directly from the driver side rear and is random but seem most prevalent between 1 – 3 gears. I thought it was the loose hatch, the sub woofer, suspension, or even the exhaust but all seem tight and fine. I’m almost due for an oil change and wanted to bring this up to my advisor as well as my sticking hatch issue when I drop her off. Please post any info/updates to the bulletin you have – Thanks! :tup:

This was very common on the 350's, and there was also a TSB for it which details the same solution mentioned. It's a little concerning to see the same issues on the next gen Z car when this issue was first addressed in 2003.

I think it's more or less the same differential so I'm not surprised that people are having the same issue. I had the click problem on the G35, it was a very common issue with the G35 and 350Z.

Here's a link to the old bulletin, haven't seen one exclusive for the 370Z yet.

http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/Fi...NTB04-065b.pdf

They just put grease on my rear axle assembly and whalllaaaaaaa clicking noise gone. This was since 3 months ago.

ok here it is off my invoice:
tech notes-tech was adised from tech line to perform bulletin on noise from axels. "note" this is a temp fix, if noise comes back on need to conact nissan. Tech removed both rear axels, regreased them, and turned them 180 degrees from their original spot.
DAT: 40073-0L700 Sympt code: ZL DIAG CODE: 46

ok so after this maintence was done I felt a WORLD! of difference. The car is way torqier. Also my VDC doesnt ingage so pointlessly. I used to give the car some gas and the VDC would just kick in at very little torque. Sooo....my guess was the "looseness" in the fangs inside the pumpkin where triping the VDC into thinking slip. bottom line....after having my car for 4 months, I finally took it for its first real drive today and felt what she should have been like the whole time.

Dealer info:
Nissan of Visalia
(559) 734-3333

if this helps then please hit me up for cred points...lol thanks.

Sorry to ressurect such an old thread, but this was my experience with the problem:

This issue is covered in a TSB but Mossy Nissan here in Houston said that the procedure of rotating the axles and greasing the diff/etc is considered an "adjustment" and only covered in the first 12,000 miles of service.

So I had to drop my car off with them for 3 hours and will probably end up having to pay 350+ for them to fix it.

Totally sucks, but I guess in the end it's cheaper than an axle or cv going out. (Shrug)

Removing the drive shafts has nothing to do with the inner workings of the rear differential. The shafts bolt to the flanges on the differential and insert into each rear wheel hub. Removing, greasing, and rotating only involves unbolting the shafts from the rear diff flanges, removing them from their respective hubs, regreasing, and reinstalling 180 rotated. With a lift, this is a 1 hour job.