I get a water swooshing noise when I accelerate. When I am at a stop and then press the gas, I hear a water swooshing noise from behind the center console. I took it to Nissan yesterday and they claim that this is normal, that it's just the coolant. It's funny because I have had the car for over a year now and this is the first time I have ever heard this noise. I read somewhere else that it was due to an air bubble in the radiator hose. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.
Gus
I have a 02 altima and Im having nothing but heating problems and they tell me its an air bubble. I think its a recall and not enough people have complained to nissan about it yet. Good luck and get a 2nd oppinion
I called Nissan back and complained and the person there told me that I wasn't the only one she heard this from. She then said she was going to place a call to another service department to find something else out, like if there had been any kind of a recall regarding this. I heard back from her once and all she told me was that she was still waiting for a return call. I was going to call back on Monday. I might be getting the yank but at least it's worth looking into. My heat hasn't been working to well either, and it's friggin' cold here in Cincinnati.
I just took my 2005 2.5 S in today for the same noise. I hear that swooshing noise when I hit the gas from a stop. Also, I hear it in turns sometimes. The dealership told me it was an air bubble in the cooling system. They flushed it and re-serviced it. They said it should be fine. If I hear it again take it back in. Well guess what? The noise is still there. So I guess I'll be taking it back in. If anyone has any recall info, let me know. I'll post a message if I hear anything.
I called the Nissan dealer that I took mine to today. They tell me that there will probably be a "bulliten" coming out regarding this, but no recall. She was also telling me that there were probably just going to find a way to hide the noise instead of fixing whatever it is that is causing it. At least your dealer did something. I was just told it was normal and they didn't do a damn thing except waste my day. I'll keep posting as I find stuff out. Try going to this site (if you don't already) and check out what they say about it. Sorry, I don't have the tiny url thing.
The swooshing noise is a problem. We have had our radiator replaced twice.....Don't wait for the thing to start leaking..and don't take ITS JUST AN AIR BUBBLE for answer.
By The way our car is only 7 months old
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