Can't Stand Rattles - Avoid the 991?
04-05-2017, 09:03 PM
#46
None here but just after 2K miles.
I'm curious, I wonder if running in the sport suspension mode over the softer classic chassis might bring about rattles sooner - it is a good bit stiffer. Thoughts?
I'm curious, I wonder if running in the sport suspension mode over the softer classic chassis might bring about rattles sooner - it is a good bit stiffer. Thoughts?
Last edited by J.Ho; 04-05-2017 at 09:21 PM.
04-05-2017, 09:40 PM
#47
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Not sure if it causes them to appear sooner but at least in the Targa sport suspension mode definitely tends to accentuate rattles that are present
04-05-2017, 09:52 PM
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04-05-2017, 09:53 PM
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All new cars, at any price I've found at this point do it a bit. My cayman GT4 has NO rattles at all, my 2015 gt3 didn't either. My mothers 911 4s has a few, but nothing major, mainly due to sunroof I think honestly.
04-05-2017, 10:11 PM
#50
Originally Posted by visitador
For the three Porsches that I had or currently have:
1. Cayenne Diesel 958 - Quietest and no rattle at all. Felt built like a tank built in East Germany
2. Boxster 987 - No rattles. Must be the refined workers in Finland
3. 991.1S CPO - Annoying rattle from driver's side door, around speaker grille. It will rattle even when music is off. Annoying rattle from back of passenger side seat. It sounds like the seat belt is hitting the B pillar. Rattle disappears when someone sits on the seat.
Is it me or West German labor is less meticulous.
Brought the 911 to the dealer and returned without any fix. SA says mechanic found rattles to be normal. ???
[Edit: Anyone knows of an independent shop in the San Francisco Bay Area that is good at fixing rattles? Thanks]
1. Cayenne Diesel 958 - Quietest and no rattle at all. Felt built like a tank built in East Germany
2. Boxster 987 - No rattles. Must be the refined workers in Finland
3. 991.1S CPO - Annoying rattle from driver's side door, around speaker grille. It will rattle even when music is off. Annoying rattle from back of passenger side seat. It sounds like the seat belt is hitting the B pillar. Rattle disappears when someone sits on the seat.
Is it me or West German labor is less meticulous.
Brought the 911 to the dealer and returned without any fix. SA says mechanic found rattles to be normal. ???
[Edit: Anyone knows of an independent shop in the San Francisco Bay Area that is good at fixing rattles? Thanks]
Brought it back a 2nd time and they tried telling me it's a normal rattle so I made sure in no uncertain terms that PNA was going to have to decide. Needless to say the entire **** mechanism was replaced and the seat is dead quiet with or without occupants.
Go back to the dealer and demand the same.
Good luck and let us know how it went.
04-05-2017, 10:37 PM
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For the three Porsches that I had or currently have:
1. Cayenne Diesel 958 - Quietest and no rattle at all. Felt built like a tank built in East Germany
2. Boxster 987 - No rattles. Must be the refined workers in Finland
3. 991.1S CPO - Annoying rattle from driver's side door, around speaker grille. It will rattle even when music is off. Annoying rattle from back of passenger side seat. It sounds like the seat belt is hitting the B pillar. Rattle disappears when someone sits on the seat.
Is it me or West German labor is less meticulous.
Brought the 911 to the dealer and returned without any fix. SA says mechanic found rattles to be normal. ???
[Edit: Anyone knows of an independent shop in the San Francisco Bay Area that is good at fixing rattles? Thanks]
1. Cayenne Diesel 958 - Quietest and no rattle at all. Felt built like a tank built in East Germany
2. Boxster 987 - No rattles. Must be the refined workers in Finland
3. 991.1S CPO - Annoying rattle from driver's side door, around speaker grille. It will rattle even when music is off. Annoying rattle from back of passenger side seat. It sounds like the seat belt is hitting the B pillar. Rattle disappears when someone sits on the seat.
Is it me or West German labor is less meticulous.
Brought the 911 to the dealer and returned without any fix. SA says mechanic found rattles to be normal. ???
[Edit: Anyone knows of an independent shop in the San Francisco Bay Area that is good at fixing rattles? Thanks]
04-05-2017, 11:40 PM
#53
Originally Posted by visitador
Bemo and mmaturo thank you for your insights. I'll check with my SA
04-06-2017, 06:18 PM
#54
No rattles anywhere in my 2015 991. I love how it is dead silent over speedbumps, too.
04-07-2017, 12:43 PM
#55
I custom ordered my car and have had rattles from the beginning and still have them. I've brought it in to the dealership a few times just for the rattles that were so bad they distracted from the enjoyment of driving the car.
After fixing most of them the car is a lot more enjoyable, but I still get rattles all the time. Hopefully they can finally get rid of them.
My 07 Cayman S hasn't ever had a single rattle and none of my other cars have ever rattled like this. My brother has a 97 Ford and I don't hear any rattles.
After fixing most of them the car is a lot more enjoyable, but I still get rattles all the time. Hopefully they can finally get rid of them.
My 07 Cayman S hasn't ever had a single rattle and none of my other cars have ever rattled like this. My brother has a 97 Ford and I don't hear any rattles.
04-11-2017, 05:09 PM
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2016 991.1 C2S with sports rattling package, Porsche dynamic rattling, and coin in a can audio plus. It rattles like hell. Anyone who says it doesn't isn't really listening. I haven't sat in a 911 that didn't have some cabin noise. Dealer trip x 5, rattles resolved = 0. But man I love the car.
04-11-2017, 06:57 PM
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2016 991.1 C2S with sports rattling package, Porsche dynamic rattling, and coin in a can audio plus. It rattles like hell. Anyone who says it doesn't isn't really listening. I haven't sat in a 911 that didn't have some cabin noise. Dealer trip x 5, rattles resolved = 0. But man I love the car.
04-11-2017, 09:12 PM
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I drove my 1 month old 991.2CS 4000 miles last week and developed a terrible rattle on the passenger side over country roads. Eliminated the seat, the glove box then found the source was an unclipped visor!
