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GOT PROBLEMS OR ISSUES? => GENERAL => Topic started by: Lakes on May 25, 2008, 08:56:00

Title: rattle in the dash
Post by: Lakes on May 25, 2008, 08:56:00: hi all, well as i have said b4 i'm deaf, but two friends have informed me there is a very slight rattle in the dash. anyone else had this?
cheers John
Title: Re: rattle in the dash
Post by: Dazzler on May 25, 2008, 09:01:23: Maybe one of the grandkids left it there!

But seriously no rattles here although have found if you put any coins in the ashtray or keys in the glove box etc.. they seem to rattle with the resonance from the diesel motor!

Cheers,

Dazz
Title: Re: rattle in the dash
Post by: ouri30 on May 25, 2008, 11:21:26: Good one Dazz.

Actually, I was really annoyed by a vibration above instrument cluster the other day and I couldn't figure it out. I thought to myself, "NOT AGAIN"as we had a similar problem on a Nissan and ithey couldn't find the source.

Well I found that it was the GPS vibrating in its cradle. Bloody thing!

Made a few adjustments and it's gone.

Bob
Title: Re: rattle in the dash
Post by: Shambles on May 26, 2008, 20:23:58: I get an occasional rattle from the glove compartment. A number of times I've opened the compartment while driving and it stops the problem. It would have been easy to think it was something in that glovebox, but it isn't. In my case, it's the glovebox fitting against the dashboard, which I've decided in the past 12 hours, so I'll do some "greasing-up" to see if that helps. For those that might think I'm mad, "greasing-up" means applying a releasing agent to the points where the glovebox meets the dash. Will post back.
Title: Re: rattle in the dash
Post by: Lakes on May 26, 2008, 20:36:20: thank's everyone, and thanks Shambles.
Title: Re: rattle in the dash
Post by: dannytucker on May 27, 2008, 04:15:46: Hey guys i got the rattle in glove box too I took everything out of it still vibrates so i just turn the radio up
Title: Re: rattle in the dash
Post by: CHB on June 02, 2008, 07:18:48: I've been hearing noises to the left of me so it might possibly be the glove box, will check next time i hear the rattles. I also hear some small rattles underneath the steering wheel area. Anyone get that?
Title: Re: rattle in the dash
Post by: ozsnowman on June 02, 2008, 07:33:36: The only time I've heard a rattle - I discovered it was my parking meter money I was storing in the ashtray
Title: Re: rattle in the dash
Post by: Waja on June 03, 2008, 07:51:27: yeah, i had a couple of rattles before, one was because my sunnies were rattling in the sunglass holder (i dont know why) and all i had to do was flip the direction and tada! no rattle. also, i had another rattle coming from around the glovebox before i realised that the plastic on top of the gear knob (manual gear knob) was lifting off slightly and was rattling. it was a simple fix of unscrewing it and tightening a screw at the bottom. hopefully one of these might be a problem for you and you can fix it. elsewards...silent driving now!
Title: Re: rattle in the dash
Post by: chylld on July 28, 2008, 10:31:32: Quote from: "CHB"
I've been hearing noises to the left of me so it might possibly be the glove box, will check next time i hear the rattles. I also hear some small rattles underneath the steering wheel area. Anyone get that?

i've got the glovebox one as well, plus a really faint (but nonetheless annoying) one from the driver's door.

with the service intervals so far apart i think i might just take it apart and fix it myself (also had a bad experience with honda for my last car, about a dozen rattles and a couple of dozen other real problems) (and no one in service was nice to me)