# Unidentified scraping sound **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan, sentra, noises\ **Created:** [September 13, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unidentified-scraping-sound/36566 "2009-09-13T03:45:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AvatarK82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@AvatarK82](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AvatarK82)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unidentified-scraping-sound/36566/1 "2009-09-13T03:45:33Z")
HI, My car (2004 Nissan Sentra, manual, around 70k miles) makes a slight scraping sound from around the area behind the steering column. The noise only appears after the car has been driven for a while. Just reaching the normal operating temperature of the engine is not enough. When I’m stopped and the engine is idle, the noise disappears. As soon as I touch the gas pedal, it appears. The noise is not affected by turning the steering wheel, brakes, gear, electronics, engine rpm, AC settings or anything else I can find. The scraping sound is non-rhytmic and can’t be heard over the engine sound under the hood, so it’s very difficult to localize (it can be heard clearly inside the car). The mechanics I tried didn’t find anything since the car has to be driven for a while, but the noise eventually appears every single time I drive more than 10 miles. I think I’ve reached the limit of my car knowledge, so any suggestions for what this might be would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unidentified-scraping-sound/36566/2 "2009-09-13T05:16:30Z")
Bring it to the dealer. They will know of any free maintenance that can be done to correct it. It could even be coming from the transmission.