# 2005 Nissan Altima noise

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-altima-noise/75099>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** nissan, altima\
**Created:** [October 21, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-altima-noise/75099 "2012-10-21T20:24:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![NitaAnswer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@NitaAnswer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NitaAnswer)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-altima-noise/75099/1 "2012-10-21T20:24:37Z")

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My son’s 2005 Nissan Altima has 184,000 miles we purchased it with 170,000 miles it sounds like a diesel what could be the problem? We have kept the oil maintained and even have syntethic oil in it.

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**Author:** ![NitaAnswer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@NitaAnswer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NitaAnswer)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-altima-noise/75099/2 "2012-10-21T20:25:03Z")

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Any help is greatly appreciated!