# Clicking sound under driver's side

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-sound-under-drivers-side/31192>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 30, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-sound-under-drivers-side/31192 "2009-05-30T18:43:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sarajean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Sarajean](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sarajean)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-sound-under-drivers-side/31192/1 "2009-05-30T18:43:42Z")

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I hear a flapping/clicking sound that gets faster/slower with the speed of our 4x4 Nissan Frontier on the front driver’s side. It sounds like a baseball card against the spokes a bicycle’s spokes. It started one day a couple months ago, and hasn’t gotten better or worse since. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-sound-under-drivers-side/31192/2 "2009-05-30T22:27:40Z")

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When you say “under driver’s seat” do you mean the sound comes from inside the vehicle or from underneath?

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**Author:** ![Sarajean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Sarajean](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sarajean)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-sound-under-drivers-side/31192/3 "2009-05-30T23:21:35Z")

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The sound comes from underneath the vehicle. Hope that helps.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-sound-under-drivers-side/31192/4 "2009-05-30T23:33:55Z")

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Yes, that helps. I suggest you look for something contacting the wheels or the driveshaft.

What year is your Nissan, and how many mile has it accumulated?

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**Author:** ![Sarajean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Sarajean](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sarajean)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-sound-under-drivers-side/31192/5 "2009-06-01T15:55:46Z")

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It’s an '06 with about 60K. My husband and I have guessed that it was something with the axle or driveshaft. We had the transmission and clutch replaced a couple of months ago, though the sound did not start until a couple of weeks later. I am thinking about bringing it into the shop this week. Any tips on questions to ask or observations to make would be appreciated. Thanks!