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first of all I know nothing about diagnosing car problems. Need to prewarn.
I recently purchased a Nissan Almera 1.5, just under 2 weeks ago. I have had a niggles which they sorted already however I am left with the following problem.
- When I start off driving 10-25 mph, there seems no problem at first. After increasing to 30 upto whatever speed I begin to hear a whistling sound, it sounds like someone blowing onto a bottle, very offputting.
- Its less noticeable when the windows are up. I know that its coming from the alternator area when I put my ear to the front grille or get a pipe from a hover put my ear to it, I hear the exact sound I get while driving, somehow the noise seems to travel into the car.
- It doesnt matter what speed I a doing I am guessing that 25 is just fast enough for the noise / air to travel hence hear the noise, that and a combination of wind noise which is common to this car, it also does not matter if its in gear, or what rpm I am doing it makes the same note.
So I went back to the main dealer, they simply said it is road noise. The noise is so offputting when driving as I know its there.
I can however hear this noise when the car is stationary when I put my ear to the engine bay. So this is clearly not the case, and I am most dissatisfied what Ive been told. However I do not feel comfortable going back to the same main dealer, as I know they will say the same thing.
I checked all seals, which all seem ok, nothing is loose inside the bonnet. It had a service 100 miles ago, so I am suprised this was not picked up. I am gonna phone up the other 2 dealerships of Sunwin tomorow and see if they can get a second opionion.
The car itself was sold to me with a engine and electronics warrenty surely this should cover alturnator or its internal bearing ? or belt?
by the way the garage have already checked if its a wheel bearing. I am 100% sure that the whistle is coming from the bonnet
Is there anything more I can do to diagnose this problem ? Can anyone give me any futher advise
David.
I recently purchased a Nissan Almera 1.5, just under 2 weeks ago. I have had a niggles which they sorted already however I am left with the following problem.
- When I start off driving 10-25 mph, there seems no problem at first. After increasing to 30 upto whatever speed I begin to hear a whistling sound, it sounds like someone blowing onto a bottle, very offputting.
- Its less noticeable when the windows are up. I know that its coming from the alternator area when I put my ear to the front grille or get a pipe from a hover put my ear to it, I hear the exact sound I get while driving, somehow the noise seems to travel into the car.
- It doesnt matter what speed I a doing I am guessing that 25 is just fast enough for the noise / air to travel hence hear the noise, that and a combination of wind noise which is common to this car, it also does not matter if its in gear, or what rpm I am doing it makes the same note.
So I went back to the main dealer, they simply said it is road noise. The noise is so offputting when driving as I know its there.
I can however hear this noise when the car is stationary when I put my ear to the engine bay. So this is clearly not the case, and I am most dissatisfied what Ive been told. However I do not feel comfortable going back to the same main dealer, as I know they will say the same thing.
I checked all seals, which all seem ok, nothing is loose inside the bonnet. It had a service 100 miles ago, so I am suprised this was not picked up. I am gonna phone up the other 2 dealerships of Sunwin tomorow and see if they can get a second opionion.
The car itself was sold to me with a engine and electronics warrenty surely this should cover alturnator or its internal bearing ? or belt?
by the way the garage have already checked if its a wheel bearing. I am 100% sure that the whistle is coming from the bonnet
Is there anything more I can do to diagnose this problem ? Can anyone give me any futher advise
David.
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