2013 Quest making odd noise while in motion

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commanderclif
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Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:28 pm
Car: 2008 Nissan Rogue / 2013 Nissan Quest

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Posting a link to a video uploaded to Flickr. I've not been able to replicate or hear this when I drive the Quest but my wife filmed this video so she could capture the sound that she says is coming from engine area. Kind of a pulsing rumble sound like a dryer running. Just curious if anyone else has heard/experienced and what I could look at first to get it to stop.



spamcop01
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Joined: Sat Oct 21, 2017 9:14 pm
Car: 2013 Nissan Quest

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I'm a shade-tree mechanic, but if the "beat" of that sound increases or decreases correlated with your speed, I'd check everything having to do with your tires and wheels first: is the tire pressure right, are the lug nuts torqued to spec, is the axle nut torqued AND properly secured with a cotter pin.

I mention the last thing because, to my horror, while changing the front CV half-axle on my Quest I found that there was no cotter pin on either one of the front half-axle's. Keep us posted on whatever you find.

commanderclif
Posts: 39
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:28 pm
Car: 2008 Nissan Rogue / 2013 Nissan Quest

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Hey spamcop. I never got an email notification you replied to this old post but thank you for taking time to get back to me. Since this is my wife's vehicle after first posting when she first brought it up and not hearing anything I kind of forgot about it. I drove it over seven hours each way at Thanksgiving and NEVER heard a sound so I thought either it "went away" or she was "crazy" lol

However, she brought it up over the weekend and I went and drove it last night and finally heard something. I'm wondering if it could be in the control arms or sway bars or something? here is no change in the beat when increasing or decreasing speed. I didn't know your post was in here before I created a new post over here: 2013-quest-odd-pulsing-thump-not-speed- ... 33524.html

Appreciate any thoughts you have!

spamcop01
Posts: 20
Joined: Sat Oct 21, 2017 9:14 pm
Car: 2013 Nissan Quest

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For anyone looking for the cause & solution, you can find it in this post:

2013-quest-odd-pulsing-thump-not-speed- ... l#p6853867


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