Interior rattles?
12-08-2021, 02:56 AM
#31
I had a bad rattle that was the piece of plastic trim that covers the seatbelt aperture. There are these silly little plastic sleeves that index in the structural member which the trim loosely slots into and those were rattling around when my car was only 1 week old. Popped the piece of trim off and packed the bits in with some silicon tape and it worked.
12-30-2021, 01:40 PM
#32
With about 2000 miles, I started noticing an annoying rattle coming from the passenger side of my GT4, above my left shoulder, near the headrest, somewhere between the anti roll bar and the back of the seat. Quite loud and was present even on reasonably smooth surfaces driving above 60mph. I knew the dealership would have problems locating it so I recorded a video with the rattling noise clearly present but still took them 3 weeks to identify it and they said they had to drive it for many miles to reproduce it so not sure I needed to record it myself. They said it was an issue with the inner part of the interior trim in that area. I picked it up and indeed the rattling in that area disappeared, except that now the same rattling noise comes from somewhere in the passenger door. FML.
Last edited by Gugalil; 01-09-2022 at 01:58 PM.
03-09-2022, 10:23 PM
#33
Racer
Anyone figure out what’s causing the rattle under the sports chrono? From reading some of the above comments seems like this may be a common one. Occurring on my BGTS 4.0
03-09-2022, 11:37 PM
#34
It is still present in mine. I have noticed it doesn’t do it in very cold temps (less than 30 degrees F) and only does it when going slow (probably less than 35 MPH) and doesn’t take hardly any bumps for the noise to trigger (sometimes just backing out of the garage it does it). I have an appointment with dealer for yearly maintenance next week and planning on bringing it up to see if they can diagnose. I am wondering if it’s where the windshield and dash meet.
03-10-2022, 08:23 AM
#35
Rennlist Member
I had some noise in my hatch area. Dealer gave me three thicknesses of foam tape to try (at my request, it was raining the day I took it in so they couldn’t diagnose). I played around with the adjustable hatch feet (screw in and out) and put thin foam strips on the wedges mid hatch - perfect fix!
I finally noticed the passenger seat belt was another rattle and raised the buckle up to stop it from banging when not in use.
03-10-2022, 10:58 AM
#36
Rennlist Member
There is no way to save threads on this forum, is there?
03-10-2022, 11:39 AM
#37
RL Community Team
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It is still present in mine. I have noticed it doesn’t do it in very cold temps (less than 30 degrees F) and only does it when going slow (probably less than 35 MPH) and doesn’t take hardly any bumps for the noise to trigger (sometimes just backing out of the garage it does it). I have an appointment with dealer for yearly maintenance next week and planning on bringing it up to see if they can diagnose. I am wondering if it’s where the windshield and dash meet.
03-10-2022, 01:54 PM
#38
Advanced
I need more details on this one. I hear a creaking sound that sounds like the hatch rattling as the chassis flexes, which surprises me since I expect the car to be rigid.
I finally noticed the passenger seat belt was another rattle and raised the buckle up to stop it from banging when not in use.
I finally noticed the passenger seat belt was another rattle and raised the buckle up to stop it from banging when not in use.
03-10-2022, 02:39 PM
#40
Rennlist Member
I'm really surprised that these cars have squeaks and rattles. I mean, c'mon, isn't that part of the allure of spending this kind of money for a "premium" brand designed and built with German know-how?
I can't tell you how many conversations I've been part of where cars like my GT350 come up vs Porsche, and the overwhelming consensus is:
1) There's no denying how incredible the performance is on the GT350 on the track,
and/but
2) It looks/feels cheap inside, so buy a Porsche to go upscale.
Well, there are no body panel squeaks in my Mustang. Sure, alignment and fitment is ****, but the body parts don't rattle. lol Yes, that flat plane crank Voodoo engine vibrates the hell out of stuff like the shifter, but that's to be expected. What I wasn't expecting was for my Cayman's hatch to squeak more then my 1981 Celica GT (which did not squeak at all, for the record).
I can't tell you how many conversations I've been part of where cars like my GT350 come up vs Porsche, and the overwhelming consensus is:
1) There's no denying how incredible the performance is on the GT350 on the track,
and/but
2) It looks/feels cheap inside, so buy a Porsche to go upscale.
Well, there are no body panel squeaks in my Mustang. Sure, alignment and fitment is ****, but the body parts don't rattle. lol Yes, that flat plane crank Voodoo engine vibrates the hell out of stuff like the shifter, but that's to be expected. What I wasn't expecting was for my Cayman's hatch to squeak more then my 1981 Celica GT (which did not squeak at all, for the record).
03-10-2022, 04:11 PM
#41
As above, I had this: a buzzing/rattling vibration from the sports chrono that sounded like a Geiger counter (sp?). Took three trips to dealer to fix (lots of anti-rattle felt tape) but now several thousand miles later it is definitely gone.
03-10-2022, 05:31 PM
#42
Rennlist Member
I need more details on this one. I hear a creaking sound that sounds like the hatch rattling as the chassis flexes, which surprises me since I expect the car to be rigid.
I finally noticed the passenger seat belt was another rattle and raised the buckle up to stop it from banging when not in use.
I finally noticed the passenger seat belt was another rattle and raised the buckle up to stop it from banging when not in use.
03-10-2022, 06:25 PM
#43
Rennlist Member
tnx
03-11-2022, 12:15 AM
#44
03-11-2022, 08:41 PM
#45
Instructor
Just over 2000 miles and I heard my first rattle. Sounds like it is coming from somewhere in the rear, maybe hatch area? Haven't had time to track it down yet, but not terribly surprised since the roads here are pretty awful.