Has anyone experienced a clicking noise coming from behind the dash. The exact location seems to be behind the radio/info screen. This noise only shows up when the car is cold and when you accelerate hard. Once car is driven a couple of miles all is good. Any thoughts. It does not sound anything like engine knock. Car is 2008 Sedan and has 10000 miles.

 

I believe its the ABS system. RTFM to verify as it states exactly what the click is for and why.

 

Yes I hear a clicking noise in my car too. It comes when I accelerate hard too. I think mine is coming from the driver's side though and not the middle of the car. I don't know what it is.. I can't find anything in the manual talking about clicking noises when I floor the car.

 

It's not going to be in the manual.

It could be silcone bouncing around in your heater core. There's a service bulletin out there about it. My car had the problem above 5k rpm. They flushed the silicone out of the heater core..... problem solved.

 

Hmm, when I first start my car there is a clicking behind the dash that I read in the manual is the ABS system. I suppose if the clicking doesn't stop then it could be the TSB click...

 

Why would anyone bother with the manual? It's waaaay easier to just ask questions on a forum.


We used to have RTFM and "user error" problems all the time when people would call in at my last job.

 

I believe there's also a search button...yeah, there sure is...

 

Clicking when you first start the car, and clicking when you're accelerating hard are definitely two different symptoms.

The heater core thing is at high rpms under acceleration.

When I first start my car, I hear a clicking in the dash. I assumed it's my CD changer checking for disks (I don't use CD's anymore since putting them all on my ipod).

 

Now, that's just asking too much. How are people supposed to find said search button?

 

haha, that's like telling someone to go to dictionary.com...gotta know how to spell it first

If you can afford a G then....ah screw it...

 

5-48 in the owners manual located
http://www.infiniti.com/pdf/techpubs...-G35-Sedan.pdf

"Self Test Feature"

 

Interesting. Thanks!

For the lazy ones: "Self-Test feature

The ABS includes electronic sensors........the computer has a built-in diagnostic feature that tests the system each time you start the engine and move the vehicle at a low speed in forward or reverse. When the self-test occurs, you may hear a "clunk" noise and/or feel a pulsation in the brake pedal......"


This doesn't sound like what they're talking about though.

"when you accelerate hard," doesn't fit into "move the vehicle at low speed."

RTFM would be easier though if TFM was a little shorter.

 

Ok took car into Dealership today. They have heard the noise and have determinted that the noise is the speedometer. Parts are on order. Will let you know if that fixes the noise.

 

i have the exact same problem. i only hear it when i accelerate at over 5k RPM also.

 

Does it sound like bb's in a coffee can? If so it may not be in your dash, but rather your engine detonating.