ok this is what happened:

under the driver's seat there's one tube that has 2 holes. it is the tube where air comes out when u turn on ur fan/AC.
a coin rolled into tube from my bag and now whenever i drive the coin keeps on moving UP and DOWN which is really annoying
is there a way i can take it out?? right now I THIKNK the coin WENT INTO the tube and is located a lil infront of the seat.

 

Oh my god, oh my god I thought this was life or death question that's why I rushed to the rescue and all this fuss is about is a coin in the air vent, oh my god. Just kidding! Use a magnet or something with a magnetic tip or better yet take the whole tube out, it shouldn't be hard maybe you have a treasure of coins down there just waiting to be found, if you do please share! :-{}

 

I forgot to mention, you could use a powerfull vacuum cleaner, like those at the gas stations or your own, whatever, just be sure not to suck in the engine and transmission through the that vent along with it! Another negative could be that this way you could lose your coins and other stuff (intake manifold???) never to be found again! Good luck!

 

fish it out with a magnet first, then the vacum. Try not to damage ur car whit the vacum as stated in the post above......

 

a magnet? for what? did i miss something or are coins now magnetic?

 

Ya know, I was thinking the same exact thing....and no, they are not magnetic. If fact, isn't the magnetic test one of the tests vending machines commonly do to detect fake coins ?

So I guess it's either the vacuum, disassembly or living with it.

And yes, as evidenced by all the ranting on this BBS, I do believe that rattles and other noises produced by the TL have risen to OMFG/Life Death status

 

haha the tube is hard plastic and the coin is some kinda metal whenever i accelerate and stop i hear it and it;s LOUD cause it;s RIGHT under my seat i need to turn on the sound level to 7 to over come the sound its sound really wrong cause the coin goes ALL the the way TO to the gas petal and all the way back to the seat (that;s how it sounded LONG and annoying) every time i drive i tried all the method didn;t work casue the freaking tube is gay it;s not flat for the whole way it;s flat for 20 cm then it goes DOWN it;s like a stupid stair it has 1 step... it goes down then it;s flat again =.= this shit is pissing me off

 

Try A Wire Hanger And Some Chewing Gum!!!!!!!!

 

or a fishing magnet with some duct tape on the end of it....

 

if you really want it out. you can take out the front seat. the air duct runs forward into the foot area along the console then goes up near the trim piece on the left of the center console then has a bend wear where it connects to the main vent which is under the center console. where the bend is the 2 ducts just slip together and can be pulled apart and back together fairly easy. so you can pull the vent piece out and get the coin out. if you need any other help let me know, thats kind of a summary of it all.

 

man i got it out i had to take the chair out and do what niellotech told me thanks man ..... i put some tape on the lower half of each vent.... i don;t want anymore coins to go in by acciddent .... i have another acura which is the CSX(canadian) lol it has holes in the bottom too but they r soo much smaller and they prevent anything from going in .... what's wrong with our TL lol that coin was there for soo long lol annoied me every time i drove it out haha i didn;t drive it till i took itout today =.=

 

hey....im glad it helped you. it was a quick explanation but im glad it worked out for you.