Notices
Maintenance & Repair 350Z up keep and diagnosing/fixing problems

Strange Vibration

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 11-12-2007, 07:50 PM
  #1  
bremboboy
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
 
bremboboy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: LA
Posts: 150
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Strange Vibration

For the last few days, I have noticed that whenever i start up the car for the first time, put it in first, and drive away, i hear this strange vibration coming from the right front wheel area when ive just let up on the clutch and am going maybe 3 miles per hour...it sounds like im going over a metal gate and it lasts for maybe two seconds and then it goes away, but the sound is just coming from the right front wheel area. I can't seem to repilcate the problem by stopping and moving again...ive only noticed it the first time I move after I start up the car. 2006 z no wheel/suspension mods.

What do youthink this is?

-thanks!
Old 11-12-2007, 07:59 PM
  #2  
Chef-J
Booooosstt!!
iTrader: (58)
 
Chef-J's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Dallas/NewYork/Michigan/Korea
Posts: 5,311
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

take it to dealer if you still got warranty.

you could get damaged on front side ( mayb went over something )
Old 11-13-2007, 04:59 AM
  #3  
bremboboy
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
 
bremboboy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: LA
Posts: 150
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

its hard to replicate the problem...
Old 11-13-2007, 06:06 AM
  #4  
cheshirecat79
New Member
iTrader: (9)
 
cheshirecat79's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Posts: 15,936
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
Default

The ABS will do a self-test once you start rolling past a couple of miles an hour. It should do it every time you start the car. However, it doesn't sound like that at all.

The sound you're describing does sound like the ABS system in action but it's definitely not normal.
Old 11-13-2007, 09:32 AM
  #5  
bremboboy
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
 
bremboboy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: LA
Posts: 150
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

thanks for your help
Old 11-13-2007, 10:45 AM
  #6  
DJMatrix1067
Registered User
 
DJMatrix1067's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Plano, TX
Posts: 468
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

ABS for sure.

did you feel anything in the pedal when it does it? How about any lights on the dash? Double check your brake fluid too. I would get this professionally checked out, it could be hazardous.
Old 11-13-2007, 06:43 PM
  #7  
bremboboy
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
 
bremboboy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: LA
Posts: 150
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

i guess i really wasn't paying attention to the pedal when I heard the sound. As for the lights on the dash, I'm pretty sure there weren't any but ill double check all of this stuff and the brake fluid when I take out the car again. Ill update shortly... thanks!
Old 11-13-2007, 06:48 PM
  #8  
kacz07
Registered User
iTrader: (15)
 
kacz07's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: NJ
Posts: 2,936
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 3 Posts
Default

i have the same problem...i can feel it when my foot is on the gas pedal...i have an 06 too...i noticed it after i went over a hard bump...but it could have been like that before not sure...happen when i turn left or right..just the first time i start up tho
Old 11-15-2007, 09:03 PM
  #9  
bremboboy
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
 
bremboboy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: LA
Posts: 150
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

I just checked my brake fluids and they are normal (just a tad bit below the Full line). Everytime I start the car and drive away the first time it makes the strange vibration. If its the abs what exactly would be the problem with it?
Old 11-16-2007, 05:55 AM
  #10  
cheshirecat79
New Member
iTrader: (9)
 
cheshirecat79's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Posts: 15,936
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by bremboboy
I just checked my brake fluids and they are normal (just a tad bit below the Full line). Everytime I start the car and drive away the first time it makes the strange vibration. If its the abs what exactly would be the problem with it?
If it does it every time and isn't an intermittent problem, take it to the dealer. Don't waste your time trying to solve an issue that's not common.
Old 11-16-2007, 06:30 AM
  #11  
bremboboy
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
 
bremboboy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: LA
Posts: 150
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

ill take it this weekend...thanks
Old 11-16-2007, 08:07 AM
  #12  
cheshirecat79
New Member
iTrader: (9)
 
cheshirecat79's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Posts: 15,936
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
Default

Be sure to let us know what the issue ends up being.
Old 11-21-2007, 08:31 PM
  #13  
bremboboy
Registered User
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
 
bremboboy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: LA
Posts: 150
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

dealer said the sound is normal from the abs system...

the tech said that the 06+ abs system is more advanced than the previous years?

I personally dont think it should make an audible sound...any 06+ owners hear this sound?
Old 11-22-2007, 05:49 AM
  #14  
DavesZ#3
350Z-holic
iTrader: (26)
 
DavesZ#3's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 15,887
Likes: 0
Received 23 Likes on 18 Posts
Default

The ABS test is definitely loud enough to hear and strong enough to feel in the pedal. It may seem to be intermittent or random because you don't always notice it, I only notice it 50% of the time in the early morning. It depends on how long you let the car sit and idle, if and when you tap the brake, how fast you're moving, etc.
Old 11-22-2007, 06:59 AM
  #15  
cheshirecat79
New Member
iTrader: (9)
 
cheshirecat79's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Posts: 15,936
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
Default

I can hear and feel my ABS test in the morning, but it doesn't feel like I'm going over a sewer grate. From what you described it sounded more than your average ABS test.

However on startup it does it every time as you start moving, so having the ABS come on is completely normal.
Old 11-26-2007, 11:10 PM
  #16  
kacz07
Registered User
iTrader: (15)
 
kacz07's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: NJ
Posts: 2,936
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 3 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by bremboboy
dealer said the sound is normal from the abs system...

the tech said that the 06+ abs system is more advanced than the previous years?

I personally dont think it should make an audible sound...any 06+ owners hear this sound?
yeah they did tinker with the OEM non brembos

awesome...thats comforting...today it was a misty out so it sounded a little different cuz of the condensation...this has been helpful...thanks
Old 06-02-2008, 06:03 AM
  #17  
ekiely
Registered User
 
ekiely's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: lexington, ky
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

I have the same problem with my 07. The dealer couldn't diagnose the problem so they called the Nissan Tech line who said it was the ABS “resetting” and was normal. I questioned this because the noise didn't start when I first bought the car. I probably started hearing it after 6 or 8 months. It happens whenever the car has been parked for 10 minutes or more. Have you been hearing it since day one?
Old 06-02-2008, 08:51 AM
  #18  
jray8
Registered User
 
jray8's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 2,860
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

i had the same problem on my 03 it was just the rear brake pads shifting when i started from a stop hasn't happened in 4 months now
Old 06-20-2008, 11:21 AM
  #19  
sir captian
Registered User
 
sir captian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Burke VA
Posts: 286
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by bremboboy
dealer said the sound is normal from the abs system...

the tech said that the 06+ abs system is more advanced than the previous years?

I personally dont think it should make an audible sound...any 06+ owners hear this sound?
Yep I have a Base 2006.5 and it does it every time .
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
lapham3
Maintenance & Repair
8
10-07-2022 03:15 PM
AbyteZero
Engine, Drivetrain & Forced-Induction (DIY)
3
09-22-2015 09:17 AM
Bigsyke
Engine & Drivetrain
11
09-11-2015 06:19 PM
Chebosto
2003-2009 Nissan 350Z
4
01-17-2003 11:59 PM
z350z
Maintenance & Repair
17
12-16-2002 05:54 PM



Quick Reply: Strange Vibration



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 12:03 AM.