Door and Pillar rattles
10-21-2004, 07:50 PM
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Door and Pillar rattles
I had a really bad rattle in the front Pillar / Dash on the passanger side. It would only be noticable in the morning and in the evening or when the temperature was below 50 deg.
I decided to fix the problem and took the side air bag pillars off. The inside of the pillar is not very well insulated. I also noticed that the clips that hold the pillar in place are rattling. After I insulated the metal with Dynomat and used sticky foam as well as felt to soften everything on the inside,(be casreful not to obstruct the air-bag), my rattle is gone. It took several attempts to gt it right.
The other rattle I had was in the door /window as so many other people have described. It actually took me a while to determine that it is not the door, but some badly designed parts inside the mirror assembly. I took the mirros off, and hot-glued the inside where some parts rubbed together adn made the squeaking /creaking noises. Now the door noise is gone. I also applied the fix that was posed earlier in the forum by felting the plastic door liner.
piece by piece I am getting rid of the rattles.
I decided to fix the problem and took the side air bag pillars off. The inside of the pillar is not very well insulated. I also noticed that the clips that hold the pillar in place are rattling. After I insulated the metal with Dynomat and used sticky foam as well as felt to soften everything on the inside,(be casreful not to obstruct the air-bag), my rattle is gone. It took several attempts to gt it right.
The other rattle I had was in the door /window as so many other people have described. It actually took me a while to determine that it is not the door, but some badly designed parts inside the mirror assembly. I took the mirros off, and hot-glued the inside where some parts rubbed together adn made the squeaking /creaking noises. Now the door noise is gone. I also applied the fix that was posed earlier in the forum by felting the plastic door liner.
piece by piece I am getting rid of the rattles.
10-22-2004, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by mub1us
I had a really bad rattle in the front Pillar / Dash on the passanger side. It would only be noticable in the morning and in the evening or when the temperature was below 50 deg.
I decided to fix the problem and took the side air bag pillars off. The inside of the pillar is not very well insulated. I also noticed that the clips that hold the pillar in place are rattling. After I insulated the metal with Dynomat and used sticky foam as well as felt to soften everything on the inside,(be casreful not to obstruct the air-bag), my rattle is gone. It took several attempts to gt it right.
The other rattle I had was in the door /window as so many other people have described. It actually took me a while to determine that it is not the door, but some badly designed parts inside the mirror assembly. I took the mirros off, and hot-glued the inside where some parts rubbed together adn made the squeaking /creaking noises. Now the door noise is gone. I also applied the fix that was posed earlier in the forum by felting the plastic door liner.
piece by piece I am getting rid of the rattles.
I decided to fix the problem and took the side air bag pillars off. The inside of the pillar is not very well insulated. I also noticed that the clips that hold the pillar in place are rattling. After I insulated the metal with Dynomat and used sticky foam as well as felt to soften everything on the inside,(be casreful not to obstruct the air-bag), my rattle is gone. It took several attempts to gt it right.
The other rattle I had was in the door /window as so many other people have described. It actually took me a while to determine that it is not the door, but some badly designed parts inside the mirror assembly. I took the mirros off, and hot-glued the inside where some parts rubbed together adn made the squeaking /creaking noises. Now the door noise is gone. I also applied the fix that was posed earlier in the forum by felting the plastic door liner.
piece by piece I am getting rid of the rattles.
10-22-2004, 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by mub1us
Are there any significant changes in the 05 compared to the 04?
As far as rattles, the right door speaker rattle is present as I had on the '04.
I got some not very nice leather skins, but hey, they are (were) living animals so I am cutting them a slack. But I am not complaining, the car is great as it is. I have now about 180 miles and am looking forward for many happy miles to come.
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