Question about gear changing
 

Hey guys. I have noticed that no matter how smooth I change gears from 1st to 2nd and sometimes 2nd to 3rd, I hear a loud clicking noise. It sounds like I change gears badly, but even if I change gears really slow and do it perfectly, I still hear the sound. I'm not sure what the problem is or if any of you guys have experienced the same thing. What do you guys think?

Does it happen when you start the car from N ... is it a clicking from the rear side? Go to the dealer and have em grease the rear axle of the car...

Yeah, it happens when I start the car as well as whenever the car is already in either N or 1st gear.

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

I had not heard about this bulletin...Can anyone else confirm?

Maybe Nissan hasn't updated their website yet, but I did a quick search (see link below) and was unable to find it.

Nissan Publications


Bilo- could you post the name of the dealer and service manager you spoke with. If I have time, I'll give him a call. Or, if you have the service paperwork, does it state the TSB # they applied in correcting your problem?

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.

^ Thanks Bilo, it does help. However, I don't think the code you stated is a TSB code as Nissan's are coded "NTB" followed by a number.

I bet its too isolated to have a TSB issued as of yet but will give him a call to find out his story.