Need Help! Something has fallen off (pics attached)

[rachelmorris]

Nissan Micra year 1999- (had for 2 months) driving fine then heard a noise i've not heard before when using accelerator (I think). parked and looked underneath - see pics. any info/advice would be much appreciated! car novice

[vgames33]

My first guess is the exhaust pipe has rusted apart. If that's what it is, I'm sure your car has gotten much louder than it was.

My other guess is that a trailing arm broke. You will notice handling problems and noise over bumps if that's the case.

The picture is very small/low resolution, so its hard to tell what that is. A larger/higher resolution photo with better lighting would help.

[gmtech1]

Originally Posted by rachelmorris

Nissan Micra year 1999- (had for 2 months) driving fine then heard a noise i've not heard before when using accelerator (I think). parked and looked underneath - see pics. any info/advice would be much appreciated! car novice

Looks like part of the exhaust heat shield, may be able to clamp it back on. If not have a exhaust shop look at it. If it's not in a critical area, like near a fuel line or fuel tank, remove the hanging piece and drive it.

[shorod]

I agree that it appears to be a heat shield for the exhaust. A couple of large hose clamps, one forward and one aft, should work quite well to put that back in place.

-Rod