[VTEC]TL

I noticed that if im in park or neutral and tap the gas to rev the engine a little, I here a clicking/rattling noise that seems to scale with engine rpm. It sounds like it's coming from the guage cluster/steering column/dash area. I also hear it when i take off from a dead stop. Anyone know what it could be?

timmahh

it's not your keys rattling right ?

[VTEC]TL

Nope, not the keys. Rattle is coming from within the cluster/steering column/dash area.

Nosfera2

I had a similar issue, but mine occured over slight bumps too.

Mine turned out to be the air conditioning vent, to the left of the steering wheel. All the time i thought it was something behind the dash, at one point i even thought it was the speaker near the front window.

Solved by prying out the vent, inserting a sponge piece right on top of the vent to keep it from tapping on the upper part of the dash.

To figuire out if this is it, when u hear the noise, try pressing on the dashboard area, where the heating/cooling vent is, just below the speaker, see if it goes away. If it does, hooray! If not

[VTEC]TL

I found that it was the actual tachometer needle that's clicking as it moves. Time to visit the dealer.