Posted on Nov 14, 2008

Ticking noise while car is running or idling

I have a 1999 nissan maxima. about a month ago it just started ticking whenever you turn the car on or drive it. It is also making a weird noise intermitently. it sounds like a buzzing noise that gets louder. it stops when the car stops.

Prerak007 Jan 12, 2009

I have the same problem. When I switch on air condison the noise is gone but when it is on heat mode noise is there. My AC and heating is working well. I want to know if I don't change compresor right away what kind of problems I can get into? Also, how much it should be to fix it?

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Maybe is the air compresor and that's the noise that you hearing. Put the air in off if the noise stop, your problem is the compresor.

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