driver side tweeter dashboard area rattle.
#41
My 07 Type S has been at the dealership 4 days now with them trying to solve this dash rattle and also a rattle from the back seat. There was a service bulletin for the rear rattle for them to reinforce the rear deck in like 9 spots. They say this is done. For the dash rattle, the tech figured out that it was in fact the tweeter causing it. He reinforced the area but that didn't work. He removed the tweeter and grill entirely and the noise went away. They have ordered a new tweeter and grill and should be installing it today. Hopefully this works b/c I really need to get out of the loaner TSX. I can't believe Acura even puts their name on this car.
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Sorry for the delay. The bulletin number is 04-043.
My rear rattle wasn't there all the time, so hard to say if what they did worked or not. The front rattle is another story.
My rear rattle wasn't there all the time, so hard to say if what they did worked or not. The front rattle is another story.
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Found it from http://www.in.honda.com/Rjanisis/pubs/SB/B04-043.PDF
Seems like this is something I can not do by myself.
#47
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I thought i had the same rattle a few days back and could not locate the damn source. I was pretty sure it was coming from the tweeter area so i did all the steps here and nothing. Then for some reason i took off the driver's side dash plastic cover by the door to see if i could hear the rattle clearer and it was gone. I immediately turn to the cover and put it back on and there it was again. So i put the adhesive foam all around that cover and no more rattle for almost 4 days.
Now i need to get that stupid b-pillar rattle fixed lol.
Now i need to get that stupid b-pillar rattle fixed lol.
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I thought i had the same rattle a few days back and could not locate the damn source. I was pretty sure it was coming from the tweeter area so i did all the steps here and nothing. Then for some reason i took off the driver's side dash plastic cover by the door to see if i could hear the rattle clearer and it was gone. I immediately turn to the cover and put it back on and there it was again. So i put the adhesive foam all around that cover and no more rattle for almost 4 days.
Now i need to get that stupid b-pillar rattle fixed lol.
Now i need to get that stupid b-pillar rattle fixed lol.
I'm bringing it back in next week to have a new driver's side vent installed b/c I think that's where the rattle is coming from. Since you say foaming the cover worked for you, I'm going to request that they do that while it's off.
#49
I thought i had the same rattle a few days back and could not locate the damn source. I was pretty sure it was coming from the tweeter area so i did all the steps here and nothing. Then for some reason i took off the driver's side dash plastic cover by the door to see if i could hear the rattle clearer and it was gone. I immediately turn to the cover and put it back on and there it was again. So i put the adhesive foam all around that cover and no more rattle for almost 4 days.
Now i need to get that stupid b-pillar rattle fixed lol.
Now i need to get that stupid b-pillar rattle fixed lol.
#50
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HE has to be taking about the vent. There is nothing else over there. There is a DIY thread somewhere around here for it.
#51
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I fixed this issue. My car has been doing it steadily for 6 months. As it was figured out earlier in this thread, it has something to do with the upper vent tubing just ever so slightly touching somewhere deep in the dash closer to the firewall and definitely not easy to see or find.
My solution...insert pieces of 7" to 8" long and about 3" to 3.5" wide pieces of corrugated cardboard. I happen to use the box for ramen noodles but any type of packing box that is about 1/8" thick. I ended up 'wedging' 4 pieces in between the upper and lower tubing.
I drove the car first without the vent cover to make sure it worked. I could replicate the noise driving down our local streets that are concrete sections that were nice and irritatingly bumpy. Each time I added one more piece and got to 4 pieces and no sound. I came back home and trimmed the ends so I could fit the vent back on. Done!
Pics...
My solution...insert pieces of 7" to 8" long and about 3" to 3.5" wide pieces of corrugated cardboard. I happen to use the box for ramen noodles but any type of packing box that is about 1/8" thick. I ended up 'wedging' 4 pieces in between the upper and lower tubing.
I drove the car first without the vent cover to make sure it worked. I could replicate the noise driving down our local streets that are concrete sections that were nice and irritatingly bumpy. Each time I added one more piece and got to 4 pieces and no sound. I came back home and trimmed the ends so I could fit the vent back on. Done!
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#52
Burning Brakes
i've driven it around some more and there has been a little rattle every now and then. I ended up picking up some 3/8" rubber vinyl hose and used it to pack around the outside of the upper vent tubing. This provided some additional resistance to the cardboard. You can see in the picture above that I have what looks like some insulation on the top right, that's some cloth I had put there originally as padding.
I ended up getting the hose for the rear deck lid rattle and that is now gone. I figured I'd use it around the vent too as stated above.
I ended up getting the hose for the rear deck lid rattle and that is now gone. I figured I'd use it around the vent too as stated above.
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