"Clunk" when turning

A 4x4 truck would emit a series of clunks if it had worn out CV joints and shafts to drive the front wheels.

The steering stops will sometimes cause a clunk in a "hard over" turn at slow speed. If you grease them up a bit, the clunk will go away, provided that is truly the source of the noise.

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I have had that noise in several vehicles including my 93 Quest....invariable it has been my cv joint...about $200.00 Canadian for the part(locally/Nova Scotia).

-- Scotian

Symptoms and cure for a Nissan Terrano

If the noise is at full lock and the suspension moves up or down even slightly there is an awful noise. From the factory the four steering (long bolts) stops are capped in a plastic nut. This wears out and you get metal to metal contact. Dealers quick fix is to apply grease, my fix is to renew the plastic caps and re grease.

Hope this helps

Kev

If it sounds like a loud squeaking sound, its your steering stops. The cheap fix is to just grease it. If it sounds like dull sounding clunk, it might be your lower control arms. There are two bolts/nuts that connect the lower control arm bracket to the frame. These are known to come loose on the nissan trucks. I believe they are 19mm bolts/nuts. I can't find the torque specs, but I remember it being somewhere in the 80-100 ft-lbs range.

- Dave

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my 97 PF just had the same thing. I changed the front Stab Links...that didn't fix it (but they were worn anyway); cv's were ok...turned out to be a bad ball-joint. Much better now..

My '01 Sentra developed a bad clunk after about 15,000 miles on the odometer. After several visits to the dealer ("normal", "don't hear anything", etc.), finally, they tightened somthing. 1000 miles later, clunk is back. "Normal" song and dance, etc., all over again. Finally, replaced a tie rod end. OK for about 7,000 miles, then it developed again. Then, they replaced the steering rack. OK for about 10,000 miles, then developed again. Dealer service rep. said, "I don't hear it, drive it a while longer, it's under warranty until 50,000 miles." (reading the warranty, it is not under warranty after 36,000 miles.). Now it's started again, the car has

40,000 miles on it. I see on the Web that lots of Sentra owners have this and many more say 'it's not a problem' than 'it is'. Well I hope it is not a problem, because I am out of time and blood pressure and patience with the dealer and Nissan to deal with this.

This in addition to - sticking throttle - broken air bag module - weak 2nd gear synchro (make sure no-one else drives your new car with man. trans.) - rough-feeling, heavy clutch - coolant level dropping slowly, slowly - headlight covers beginning to cloud up - and it's only two years old.

--Wishing I'd got another Honda. I didn't have this much trouble after 12 years with it. A friend who now owns the car has taken it to about 200,000 trouble free miles. I have less than 50,000 on my sentra, have already more trouble than the entire 12 years with the Honda. Never again Nissan.

I don't dislike the Nissan Sentra car. The smooth, torquey engine is a definite plus. Just the many, many little problems all threatening to be bigger problems, it appears the car won't make it to 7 years much less 12. I can't afford to own a car that leaves me stranded or visiting dealerships who can't or won't do the job, would have gladly paid $5000 or more over the price of this Sentra, didn't know the Nissan was like that. Never again Nissan.

Got a lemon law in your state ? 3 or more visits for the same problem usually qualifies you. Check with your attorney general.

Bob