Took the car yesterday to the dealer for the following 3 problems.

1. I was complaining here about an intermitent fog light (on then off), but lately it died completely.

2. Some coins fell behind the "ashtray" and it would not close all the way.

3. Rattles in the rear speakers are specific base frequencies.

The fix:

1. They changed the bulb of the fog light not the whole thing (no prob here at all).
2. They found the coin in the rear of the ashtray (no prob here either).
3. The guy started telling me that if this is a burned disk I am using, this might be the reason for the rattles. I said, I can find a regular disk and it will still do it. Granted it does it ONLY at a specific base output, not necessarily the lowest frequency. That led me to believe that it is not the speakers, but something is loose back there. Anyway, the guy consulted someone back there and they ordered ALL 8 speakers! I am thinking what the heck, I dont need these guys to go into both my doors and take everything apart for rattles that come from the rear only and it is probably not going to fix it because it will end up being a rattle on the dash or something that resonates at the specific frequency.

Later on broken asphault and with the stereo off, I could hear rattles in the rear that could be them rattling with the heavy bass.

All this took them 1 and a half hours (Ed Napleton 745 West Lake Street Elmhurst, IL 60126).

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Gabriel
CL Type S

 

I'm not sure if you're happy with the service or upseT?

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Astroboy out...
2001 Acura Cl Type S: Comptech: Headers, filter, sways, springs, koni shocks, goodridge braided brake lines, full kicker system
1996 Porsche 911 Twin Turbo: H&R Springs and sways, Bilstein shocks

 

Frankly, I am seeing alot of posts here which indicate that dealers are on a kick to reorder alot of really big parts. I remember someone getting new seats for the hair problem or a seat adjustment issue which might be easily fixed. I wonder if the dealers are building up their inventory or parts and getting them on warranty for now and then possibly reusing or repairing the removed stuff yet...



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MikeS 18 - '01 CL-S #22,299 Black/Parchment with Nav, Spoiler, door guards, wood trim kit, fender guards, PIAA 19169 & Platinum 9005, V1 w/remote, trunk tray, winter mats, Salt Coat Finish by Mass DOT, only 2 scratched rims

 

MikeS 18,

Any news from the Lowel Performance Shop?

Mahmoud.

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Bare Bone Stock Type-S. Plenty of accessories. PIAA 19169 to be installed soon.

 

Could it be the notorious "rear brake light rattle"? Mine rattles like hell when the road is bumpy.

I think someone actually found a solution by putting some kind of spacer between the rear brake light and the rear windshield.

I am not going to mess with it. I am bringing it to the dealer next time I go there for service.

 

Yep, here's the fix.

Rear Rattle Fix



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2001 CL-S "The Original Pimp Daddy Gold™"
a study in pimp daddy gold

 

The only problem I had with my car was the left rear speaker grille rattling. And when I told my dealer about it. He also wanted to just order a new speaker. I had to explain that the problem isn't a blown speaker, something was causing the grille to rattle. So they found out what it was and used some double sided tape somewhere. But now sometimes when the bass hits the other side rattles. It is pretty weird that they are so quick to order parts without even trying to look/fix the problem first.