whine during acceleration
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First thing I was going to say is to check the power steering. As you are stopped with the engine running turn the steering wheel. Is the whine you are hearing get louder or change at all. If so you need power steering fluid. If the whine stays constant as you are turning the steering wheel then that most likely isn't it.About a year ago I had a neighbor bring me her Toyota Sienna van that had a weird whine to it. It ended up being a bearing going out of the alternator pulley. She took the van to a service joint where they tested the alternator and it was charging fine but they didn't check anything else. I took a screwdriver and held it against the outside of the alternator (obviously not close to the moving pulley and belt) and could feel a vibration. Changed the alternator and vibration and whine was gone.If it's not one of those. Is the whine happen when you have it in gear and speeding up or when it neutral and revving the engine. If it's when you are not in gear that eliminates the transmission. Check those out and report back.....
I had it in gear driving down the highway and could hear it whine, I put the car in neutral and the whine noise went away
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Did it go away completely, or just get softer? It could be a bad bearing in the transmission (I presume this car is FWD?)...which would suck, big time.
Have you checked the transmission fluid?
I couldn't really tell if it went completely away or just down enough to the point where the outside noise made it difficult to tell.
I will check transmission fluid levels tonight if I can, if not I will in the am.
again, the noise just came recognizable on Monday this week
I will check transmission fluid levels tonight if I can, if not I will in the am.
again, the noise just came recognizable on Monday this week
OKay, so we eliminated power steering and a bearing on the engine. When you check the tranny fluid, you want the car at operating temp and idling in neutral when you check the oil.
Does it go away the same when you let off the gas when you put in neutral as it does when you leave it in Drive? Does it start whining right as you hit the gas or does it pick up as you gain speed?If the whine gets louder and higher pitched as you go faster, it could be the CV joint, which is the jack shaft that goes between the tranny and the front wheel on both sides of the vehicle. Get someone else in the car with you and as your driving and can hear the whine open your windows and see if you can see if it is more prominent on driver side or passenger side. Could also be a wheel bearing.
Does it sound like this?
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Could you possibly have a small pig in the back seat?
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Could you possibly have a small pig in the back seat?
IIRC, 2007 was the first year Nissan started putting CVT's in some of their cars instead of standard automatic transmissions. Do you know if your car is a CVT? This would make sense that the whining would occur when the gas pedal was depressed (CVT's work by using a metal belt instead of standard gears, could be a CVT belt issue when the engine is trying to deliver more torque to the wheels)
alright did a test drive.
it starts whining immediately after the gas pedal is pressed and sounds to wind down once the gas pedal is let off...it does get increasingly loud as speeds increase.
I tend to believe it is a bearing in the wheel as I put on the parking break and revved up in gear and the whine wasn't evident.
it didn't whine when I turn the steerwheel compketely left and or right.
too dark our to check tranny fluid but I think its prollg in the wheel.
whats material and labor to get fixed and if I fix one do I have to fix the other? how longer can I drive with this?
thanks so much everyone
it starts whining immediately after the gas pedal is pressed and sounds to wind down once the gas pedal is let off...it does get increasingly loud as speeds increase.
I tend to believe it is a bearing in the wheel as I put on the parking break and revved up in gear and the whine wasn't evident.
it didn't whine when I turn the steerwheel compketely left and or right.
too dark our to check tranny fluid but I think its prollg in the wheel.
whats material and labor to get fixed and if I fix one do I have to fix the other? how longer can I drive with this?
thanks so much everyone
If it's the wheels, I would probably get it checked out ASAP. The last thing you'd want is something breaking in the wheel or the things attached to it as you're driving on a highway.
Nissan called me this morning and stated it was the CVT Transmission and since it is covered under warranty they already had their guy into the work and will have the CVT transmission replaced by this afternoon.
Thanks for all the help guys.
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Thanks for all the help guys.
Also, if anyone wants to make a few bucks on the side installing brake pads for all four tires send me a PM. I don't feel like spending $500 on front brakes and $250 on the rear brakes to have installed.
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Who are you going to that's charging you $750 for a brake job? That's insanity. We had ours done on our 2007 Altima late last summer at Midas (i would have done it on my own, but I think my apartment complex frowns on that kind of thing) and we only paid a few hundred dollars. Yeah, more than I would have paid had I done it on my own, but not exactly taken to the cleaners, either.
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Who are you going to that's charging you $750 for a brake job? That's insanity. We had ours done on our 2007 Altima late last summer at Midas (i would have done it on my own, but I think my apartment complex frowns on that kind of thing) and we only paid a few hundred dollars. Yeah, more than I would have paid had I done it on my own, but not exactly taken to the cleaners, either.
Yea, I just had all 4 pads replaced this fall for 240.