Door and Pillar rattles
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3rd Gear
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: St.Louis, MO
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.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2004
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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.
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: Fort Lauderdale, FL
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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