Weird sound?!?! Anyone have this before?

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For some reason when I make a turn hard or accelerating into a turn hard my car sounds like it is dragging cans from the back(or somewhere under the car). Its a loud annoying sound and I see everyone turning around like is that noise. And it seems to go away when I accelerate going streight? Does anyone have any clue what this could be? Or point me to a thread of someone that had the same problem? Thanks.


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sounds like it's comin from the front or back?

Mine was from one tie rod having thrust play and came on during braking and cornering.

any more details on your situation?

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Sounds like your front brake dust shields rubbing the rotor when you turn, some kind of binding happening down there?

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lain wrote:For some reason when I make a turn hard or accelerating into a turn hard my car sounds like it is dragging cans from the back(or somewhere under the car). Its a loud annoying sound and I see everyone turning around like is that noise. And it seems to go away when I accelerate going streight? Does anyone have any clue what this could be? Or point me to a thread of someone that had the same problem? Thanks.
I had a similiar problem like that a while back except the noise wasn't all that loud. Turns out a metal object was stuck somewhere by the brakes. (made it sound like a metal chain hitting a fence) Did you check your wheels to make sure no foreign objects are stuck there?

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sounds like dust shield is lose, either that or the cans that you stole last night from a hobo are rattling in your trunk ; ).

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lol hobos. cool

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nismoracingsx wrote:sounds like dust shield is lose, either that or the cans that you stole last night from a hobo are rattling in your trunk ; ).
LOL!

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CHECK YOUR AXELS

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Alright this is what I got so far. Once upon a time (about a week ago) I was driving, make a small turn going about 15mph, and it was the sound again. I put that car in neutral and the car was completly stopped. The sound still continued for about 20 seconds well the car was stopped and in neutral. I'll check out everything that everyone told me, just throwing this out thinking it might give another thought to someone. Thanks everyone <3<3<3.

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Ding Ding Ding 1000th post!

Anyways, sound was still there when you stopped? Check around your fan shroud for anything that periodically comes into contact with any of the belts or the fan itself.

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lbrowne wrote:Ding Ding Ding 1000th post!

Anyways, sound was still there when you stopped? Check around your fan shroud for anything that periodically comes into contact with any of the belts or the fan itself.
I already check by the fan. I was thinking of taking my car to a Nissan place to check out my car to tell me everything that is wrong with it, is there such a place? I will probably already know like 90% of the things that are wrong but I'm sure there is going to be that 10% that I want to know. But first I will check out as much as I can on my own.

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It could be a lot of things. The best thing is to make a turn again like you did and then get out and run around the car and locate the sound. If it is coming from the wheels, it might be a dust shield that loosened. If it is from under the car, it might be your transmission mount or your driveshaft support bracked it loose and spinning. But like I said, best thing is to drive the car get out quickly and locate the sound. Just watch out for traffic doing so.

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I had that problem and it did turn out to be the dust shield rubbing on the rotor.

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does your exhaustclear everything like diff casing, sway bar and driveshaft. My catback hit my driveshaft and i had to *gently massage* it with a hammer.


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