Glovebox Rattle

Old 08-21-2010, 09:52 AM
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Glovebox Rattle

Discovered a new noise recently.
Only in turns, sounds like something sliding/rolling across the glovebox. Nothing in it except the owner's manual.
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More detail? Does it happen in all turns? Or only fast, or only slow. Does it make noise when you turn the wheel at a standstill?
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Pretty much all turns. Haven't tried just turning the wheel sitting still. Sounds like something inside the dash in the glovebox area is loose and sliding around.
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must be time to change the cabin air filter-
glovebox is removed as part of that diy so anything in or behind it should be found
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Originally Posted by 01tl4tl
must be time to change the cabin air filter
First car I've had with a cabin filter....forgot about that. I'll have to look into it.
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Maybe something fell down in the plenum and is causing the noise. If you've had the car a while & never replaced the filters get ready, they're probably nasty.
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Had my wife in the car with me today, she said when the reattle happened, she felt the noise in her feet. So, maybe something under the passenger floor? Is there a "pocket" under the floor pan? Where something could be moving around?
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ck under seat for missing golf balls?

who are you going to believe--us on the other end of a modem,
or your spouse the diagnostic expert?
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at her feet would be the cabin air filter-
you cant believe what gets in there!!
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