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Offline john87

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Several annoying rattles!
« on: January 13, 2013, 02:55:15 pm »
..and there was me thinking a quality-built German car would be free of rattles. Perhaps not with sports suspension and the terrible UK roads  :fighting:

Has anyone ever heard a quiet-ish rattle from behind the dash, only heard on idle and as the revs are coming down on engine braking between 2 and 1k revs?

Also, there's an intermittent rattle coming from underneath the car, checked the exhaust and all is tight and not hitting off anything..it's a similar sound to a pen rattling about in the armrest cubbyhole  :jumping:

I suspect it's something loose beneath one of the 'cover panels' that are either side of the exhaust. Presumably these can be removed?

Sometimes I wish I didn't have such acute hearing  :grin:
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Re: Several annoying rattles!
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2013, 05:00:38 pm »
I had the most annoying rattle for years that sounded like it was behind the dash/drivers side air vent area.

I found it in the end  :laugh:

Sit in your seat with a torx 20 bit.

Look forward and upwards.

Lower the sun visor.

See if the bracket moves up n down from a loose screw.
It might be the slightest bit loose, but because its metal on metal it really rattles with the smallest movement.  :happy2:


I was Really satisfying to have found this rattle on mine.
It drove me crazy.
I wouldn't have ever looked up there to find the rattle. I was convinced it was the clocks or vents. :wink:

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Re: Several annoying rattles!
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2013, 05:07:53 pm »
...oh, and check the screw on each visor.

Passenger side was a little loose on mine too  :happy2:

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Re: Several annoying rattles!
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2013, 05:10:53 pm »
Also, Do you have a metallic keyring on your keys?

I had one similar, Held my keys and it stopped.
How hard can it be?

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Re: Several annoying rattles!
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2013, 06:33:08 pm »
i had a matter around the radio so i stripped it all out and put each part back bit by bit  till i found it