Rattles cured for ?10!!!

I'm sure there are other posts on rattles, but due to the success of my rattle fixes I thought they'd be of interest! The endless high frequency and low frequency rattles in the cockpit were driving me mad (I do lots of long distance driving). The areas causing the rattles I found are as follows: - Rear seat catches - Front glove box - Rear cubby - Alarm indicator/receiver on dash Materials required: - Clear silicon sealer - Velcro (can buy in a roll, it's just the furry side you need) Solutions: - Rear seat catches; lower the rear seats, the latch hooks over the recessed portion of the pertruding anchor points. Cut a length of velcro the same width and circumferenced of the recessed area, apply the velcro so the joint is to the front of the car (if you put it to the rear it will come off the first time you put the seat down). Done. I may replace the velcro with thick rubber once I find tubing of the correct circumference to fit (velcro works fine though). - Front glove box and rear cubby; cut four small squares of velcro, place one square of velcro directly in line with where the rubber feet on the glove box/cubby lid contact the dash/rear console. You'll find the rear cubby is a little more difficult to close. - Now, finally the tricky and most annoying rattle, the alarm indicator. Pull the front of the cover upwards, this will detach the cover, remove this. Next lift out the LED/Receiver unit, to disconnect the wires, insert a drawing pin in the small hole just above the connector (silver) and pull the connector out. Cut three small rectangles of velco, place one on either side and one front and rear. Do not cover the small pertruding mounting parts of the body, since it will not fit snuggly back into the dash. Now the rattle is from contact between the indicator component and the aperture in the cover. On my car there was factory fitted velcro like material on the cover where it contacts the windscreen and the end towards the cabin underneath, I replaced both with new velcro cut to the same size. With the silcon sealer, place a 3mm bead of clear silicon around the base of the raised dark red part of the receiver/indicator component (no more than this as you do not what it to be visible when the cover is reapplied and it squishes out). BEFORE the silicon drys refit the indicator/receiver component to the car (be careful not to get sealer on the dash/hands), first push fit the electrical connection till it clicks, position the unit rear first into the dash, is should fit snuggly with the velco attached, make sure it is seated correctly. Next and finally refit the cover, slide the rear of the cover back against the windscreen (the rear of it hooks into position), once hooked over the mounting point push the front of it down until it clicks into position. Now leave for a couple of hours for the silicon to cure. The component is now bonded to the cover and you'll be rattle free!). I hope that's clear enough (and your rattles have the same sources), I now have zero rattles in the cockpit, woohoo!

What rattling??????????????

Had an annoying cabin rattle that showed up just after I bought my car. Tried for weeks to locate it although I was sure it was coming from somewhere on the dash. Pushed on every inch of the cluster, horseshoe, glove box, etc. I had my wife do the same from the passenger seat. No luck. Almost considered selling the car. Turned out...it was the ashtray. The ashtray delete solved the problem. IMO rattles are exceptionally difficult to nail down. Glad you had success!

You mean the one behind the wheel? (sorry, couldnt resist after what you posted on other thread)

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2 Weeks!

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Cheers! Yea the ashtray delete looks good, may have to get that if mine starts to rattle! That's the only thing with a hard suspension, if you've got a rattle/s it/they are constant (only really a problem on the motorway I guess, engine noise drowns them out around town). The clips that hold the cabin lights in above the the rear view mirror also rattled when I got the car, a horrible cheap sounding rattle too, covered them in spray on rubber (plasticgrip I think it was called), that sorted them out :-) Must renew my membership soon, just noticed the signature doesn't appear without it.... Update: it's called plasti dip not grip and is available from http://www.plastidip.co.uk/ you can use it for loads of other things, ie protecting metal from rubbing or rubberizing surfaces pipes rub against etc (no affiliation there's probably similar products available from other vendors, recommend buying some, endless uses for it, I believe it's normal use is for rubberizing tool handle grips)

Great feedback on rattles. I drove my car 4 hrs. home when I purchased it and the dash rattle drove me nuts. I could not figure out if it was the plastic trim by the windhield or alarm indicator. I found through trial and error that rubber fuel line was the perfect diameter to stuff down along the bottom of the windshield. Rattle is gone and you can not see the hose because the glass is black.

I have a hi frequency one high on the door panel where your elbow hits, pressure from my arm makes it diasappear... and another more challenging that sounds like vibrating plastic at anything above 4k... interferes with the enjoyment of my flat-6 music... sounds deep in the center dash too so that should be fun to find... I hope to solve these this winter! I'll check the offenders you all noted, hopefully save me from ripping my while dash out to find it...

Muffler bypass pipes are a good fix for rattles as well. The rattles will probably still be there, but you won't be able to hear them anymore!

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I had the same door panel issue. You need to remove the door panel, but I would put money on the fact that the hex screws holding the speaker assembly in place are loose. Cured the problem on my car.