...from 04 to 07. What ended up being the consensus on the glovebox noise/rattle? I am going to attack it this weekend, myself, before more trips to the dealer. It doesn't make any noise on the roads near the dealer, so it would be hard to duplicate it for them. I found 3 possible items in my searches.

I know when I open the glovebox, inside the box, its seems like there are two little levels things that you slide over to maybe have the box open even more? Is that to access the cabin filter like in some cars? #1 - I know some people said there is bundles of wire back there that could be rattling against the plastic of the box itself?

#2 - Or is it the hinge on the bottom of the box? Someone mentioned making sure that is tight? Where would I find this hinge, and get to the screws?

Or is it #3, the actual key lock on the outside of the glovebox door? Someone mentioned that is faulty as well.

Was there ever any overall agreement on what the real issue was/is, or is it truly all three or some combo of the three?

Thanks!

 

You try these solutions:

1. Damper arm on the right side of the glovebox. When the box is closed, there's no tension on it anymore and (even though it's clipped to the glovebox door) it's free to jiggle like a tuning fork against the sides of the hole in the dash that it slides in and out of. The fix is unbelievably simple. No disassembly required, except to disconnect the damper arm from the side of the glovebox. Then line the sides of the hole with felt.

or

2. Remove the glove box, the hinge (the one closer to the driver's seat), slide some felt tape between the dash trim and frame, and put everything back together.

Hope this helps. BTW, I found this info doing a search.

 

Thanks for the fast reply. Damper arm on right side of glove box. Forgive me, but what is the damper arm? And how to disconnect it? Is the disconnection part having to do with those two switch looking things in the box?

For #2, I guess I am confused, if I remove the box, I can find the dash trim for felt tape obviously, but isn't the frame gone with the box since its removed? Or am I visualizing this thing wrong (obviously must be)?

Thanks again!

 

#1 The damper arm is outside the box, on the right side. It keeps the box from slamming open. Allows it to ease down gently. It just pops off. I'd put tape or felt tape on the edges of the opening where to arm comes out.

#2. I think the guy is refering to the frame behind or beside the glove box. If you remove the box, only the box comes out.

Here's the link to the thread:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...t=glove+rattle

 

Thanks for the clarification. This felt tape - a Home Depot thing you suppose? Or more like a craft store type of purchase? Can't wait to fiddle with my car!

Seriously, people might not know it, but I do love the rest of the car (outside of the noises that bug me). Driving position rivals that of a Saab, its that good, for me anyway.

 

Almost any store will have sticky backed felt. Good place to look is in the hardware section, look for floor protectors for the legs of chairs and tables. Don't buy the felt too thick, the gap between the damper arm and the opening in the lower dash isn't that big.

 

Hi DLT -

Your fix didn't fix the noise I hear. Though I am still convinced my noise is coming from glovebox because when you open it noise goes away. Open, unlatched glovebox = no noise. Closed, latched glovebox = noise. Since mine isn't the damper arm, do you think it would harm anything if I sprayed something inside the globebox door where the lock mechanism is? Maybe when its latched, there are some springs in there or something that are stressed? The actual lock cylinder/keyhole/lever is fine it seems. Screws and hinges at bottom of the unit look tight, and experimented with felt in other strategic places, and its same story. Open glovebox is quiet, closed in not.

Other than that, maybe when the glovebox is closed, its crimping some wires or something, but I can't figure out how to get the glovebox to come out. I unhooked the damper arm, but its still not "dropping" to the floor. I checked the owners manual think the pollen filter might be in there, but they just say "have Acura change the filter" - of course.

Any thoughts?

Thanks! That felt will come in handy for other noises!

 

Mine acted the same way. Open the glovebox door...no noise. Close the door...twang, twang. Did you fold the felt in and around the edges of the opening, so that the felt is preventing the sides of the damper arm from hitting the opening?

Maybe you can isolate whether or not the damper piston is the real culprit. You can remove the entire damper piston assembly if you remove the pop out panel on the side of the dash (the part that gets covered when you close the door). To pop out this panel, you first have to drop the glovebox (push out the two stops on either side of the top of the box), search for cabin filter replacement threads for good instructions on how to do this. Then pop out the panel from the inside. If you remove the damper assembly and the noise disappears, then you know at least what needs fixing and what doesn't (that's how I eventually narrowed it down to the damper arm myself).

I don't think spraying anything in there randomly will solve anything. I wouldn't do it. You'll just make a mess that will keep dripping for weeks.

 

For me it was the Damper piston, and the felt on the outer frame fixed it like a charm.

 

Search is your friend. There's a pretty good DIY on changing the cabin pollen filter written by Yours Truly based on several previous threads. You only need to read it, and look at the purty pictures.

Addendum: mine is an 06, btw, but so far's I know the glovebox is unchanged from 2004 - 2008.

 

I read that one. Thats the one that talks about the difference in filters too, right? Between Honda, Acura, Purolator, etc? Found that using SEARCH.

My glovebox doesn't resemble the pics in there unfortunately. I guess they changed the tabs in the box for 07.

Good write up though!

 

There's a DIY circulating around here that uses photos of an Accord, not a TSX. You're probably seeing pics from that DIY.

 

The Temple of VTEC article displays an Accord. A search at one of the online Acura parts vendors will probably yield an illustrated parts breakdown. Don't have a specific link handy at the moment.

Addendum:
Ah, here, "instrument panel garnish." Looks like the same as the '06, sport. You were looking at the wrong pics, I think.

 

P.S. I'm referring to part(s) labeled 19. Kinda hard to see unless you have a 30" monitor. The damper assy (pneumatic arm) is 21.

 

Interesting that you bring up that parts listing. Not sure if this will help anyone, but on my car, part #30 was pretty much hanging out of its place. The screw/tab that holds the outer panel on was so loose that the outer panel was able to bang/vibrate against the inner panel. It didn't fix the main noise I hear, but it might have reduced some other noises near the console. #30 LOOKS like a philips head screw, but its really just a plug that doesn't actually hold anything in place.