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!

 

take it to dealer if you still got warranty.

you could get damaged on front side ( mayb went over something )

 

its hard to replicate the problem...

 

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.

 

thanks for your help

 

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.

 

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!

 

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

 

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.

 

ill take it this weekend...thanks

 

Be sure to let us know what the issue ends up being.

 

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?

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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?

 

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

 

Yep I have a Base 2006.5 and it does it every time .