Piano string twang

[xrover]

Can't think of anything else to call it. While under power, when I turn the steering wheel I hear what sounds like someone plucking on a piano string. Took it in to the dealer today and there is a bulletin from Nissan on replacing the radiator fan clutch assembly and serpentine belt tensioner. $500.
Haven't done it yet as the parts weren't in but a heads up.
Len

[avacado]

Sounds like a strut bearing. My VW does the same thing.

[Snafu]

Not more like a guitar string twang? a high or low note?

Are you moving forward when turning the wheel and hearing the twang or just by turning the steering wheel? If the later I would not think that the strut bearing would make the noise. In either case I am not sure why the tensioner and fan clutch would twang when steering.

Is the belt tight enough and fan spinning as it should?

Take a look at the TSB and see if it gives a reason for the noise

[Morpheus]

The only time the TSB for the belt and auto tensioner fixed anything I saw, it was a chirping from the belt at idle. Not while turning.

[xrover]

anyone ever had one of those desks that had the swing hinge for a typewriter. That's what it sound like.