OK, I could use some advice here.

My dealership told me there is a CD used to determine if the rattle is present in the passenger door. When they played the CD there was no rattle. I hear the rattle all the time when i'm in the car. There are saying they won't fix it if they can't hear the rattle with their CD


What should I do?

 

Check the TSB and see if your car falls into the range of VIN numbers. If it is, no matter what they claim, they are required to perform the TSB if you request it. If your out of the VIN numbers, take your care to a different dealer and try again.

 

My vin is in the range. They just called back and told me they will do it anyway at my request. They said it might not fix the problem, but I told them to do it anyway.

There is nothing bad that can happen from doing it right? I ask because they claim that there is nothing wrong and I shouldn't do it.

I hear the rattle a lot. I'm not gonna listen to it because they listened for 2 minutes and didn't hear it.

 

You should ask them to join you for a ride and play your music at the volume you listen at and have them acknowledge that they hear the problem.

 

I want to know what the CD is. Is it a sine wave? If it is, at what note?

I bet if you got one of those sine-wave sweeps and played it you would find that rattle.

 

Unless they totally fuck it up, there is nothing that they could do to cause additional damage. My dealer performed the TSB and it fixed the problem for me.

 

Dude, all they said was it was CD supplied by acura to test for rattles. Thats all I know.

CG, thanks for the help, hopefully they won't fuck it up

 

I hear the rattle in my 2005 quite often with talk radio. Some peoples voices makes the door buzz. I am hoping they will fix it when I take it in for my first oil change.

 

got the speaker rattle on my TSX fixed on monday... so far so good...

they couldn't hear the windshield squeak so couldn't get that done at the same time...

 

Thats we they did with me for the windshield fiasco.

 

ok. make a CD of all the songs that do RATTLe, i have one with 5 songs.

for a reference. trying downloading mastermind by del, and try the intro to SWEET EMOTIONS by aerosmith. and work from there, then shove it in their face

 

My rattles disappeared after replacing all door speakers and dynamatting each door. This was done prior to TSB being released. I can be so impatient sometimes.

 

where do u find a list of vin numbers for this problem?

 

It's at the top of the first pic in this thread: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13973

 

oh this doesnt apply to 2005 models?

 

Just bring in your OWN CD. Thats what I did. If they want to hear the rattle, then let them hear it.

Actually, once you start pulling off door panels, etc, you could make the problem worse. Or eliminate one rattle and create a new one. So dont do it unless your sure its the problem the TSB addresses.

 

One of the TL loaners I had, had a DVD-audio CD in it for demos. One of the tracks was a bass test signal for checking speaker rattles. I can't recall what freq or level the signal was, but I do remember the description of the song said it was for this purpose.

 

my 2004 tsx 13k miles makes buzzing noise in frnt and rear rt door, dealers not able to fix it in 4-5 visits, any suggestions?

 

my tsx 04 makes so many other weird noises anyways, while going over the bumps, i dont know man..

 

This is my BIGGEST disapointment with my TSX. It would be the perfect car if it wasn't for the rattles, buzzes, squeaks and wind noise. If these guys (Honda) want to play in the big leagues they need to improve their QC in this department.

 

What they didnt tell you is that its a sir mix-a-lot cd...

Baby got back....

 

my 06 just started make speaker rattling, only applies to 04????