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YOUR RESEARCHRattle from passenger dashboard
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If you�ve had no luck, maybe check the screws for tight and pop the speaker cover to see if anything seems less-than-secure when you gently shake it?
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To check you remove the air con vent pipe (slides out) and there are two bolts that hold the whole unit in place, check they are tight.
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Hey all, I�ve got a rattle from what sounds like somewhere behind the passenger airbag area. Usually hear it at slow speeds. Curious if anyone�s run into this.
Are you sure it is not the actual airbag cover rattling against the dash it sits in?
I spent ages looking for a rattle there and everything was tight, in the end I put some silicone spray all round the air bag cover edge and.......silence.
Haha Am I sure? Not at all. I�ve tried pressing down on the airbag cover while driving to see if that helps the noise and it doesn�t seem to. I�m curious how did you diagnose the problem.
Get a passenger to ride along and try to locate where the rattle is coming from. There is a small fan located behind the "lid opening" on the right side of the dash. I've heard people go crazy with a noise coming from the right side of the dash. The little fan is for the cabin temperature sensor. I've never seen it but I'm pretty sure it is there. And, does your car have a glove box? Notorious for rattling and maybe something is rattling inside.
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the silicon spray doesnt affect the operation of the airbag if it needs to open? What sort of spray did you use?
I tried pushing the airbag cover to side while on the highway and the rattle did go away.
If you�ve had no luck, maybe check the screws for tight and pop the speaker cover to see if anything seems less-than-secure when you gently shake it? I had a Volvo that had a supremely annoying and mysterious vibration. Turned out a 2mm gap allowed a lock washer to do a wicked dance.
No, it is just where the two pieces butt together rubbing and making the noise, and silicone spray will just stop the friction and stop the noise.
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You could test it with some regular WD40, I just know silicon spray will not mark the leather.
Am I missing something here?
He says....
If it stops when pressing on the airbag cover, that is the issue, or, the airbag is loose, but doubt that.
To check you remove the air con vent pipe (slides out) and there are two bolts that hold the whole unit in place, check they are tight.
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