DCP

I can't take it anymore!

Actually, just trying to see whether anyone else has had a similar problem.

I have pretty loud rattles from both sides of the car which I think might be in the seatbelt mechanism inside the B pillars.

Anyone?

99firehawk

NEVER SEEN A SEAT BELT RATTLE

OH997

I've had rattles fixed. You might want to take it in, there are a lot of adjustments.

rbjbbb

DCP,
Funny you mention it. I just picked my car up from the paint shop, had them do some front bumper work. A darn rattle has appeared (that I swear was not there) and the sound(s) appear to emminate under the passenger seat. The same seat that had a new buckle installed several weeks back due to an airbag idiot light and buckle sensor issue. Not sure it is buckle, sounds further down under the seat on mine.
Let me know what you discover.
RB

DCP

Thanks. I am going to take it in. I thought I might see whether anyone else had this problem to give the service department some guidance.

Nutbeem

Yeah, I have one from the seat belt mechanism on the driver side. I try to not get too worked up about it, or just turn up the radio.

Steven C.

Headliner / sunroof very common. Don't ask me how I know this

myrmidon

I am also currently struggling with a very annoying rattle inside the passenger door (somewhere above the airbag).

NNH

Me too

Nicolaasdb

I just put the roof down....if I have the cab closed there is a rattle somewhere in the passengerside area...sounds like it is in the roof...there is also a "clonking" sound in the rear seat area......I am to cheap to get it fixed...if they can! (and they -the stealer- will charge me an arm and 2 legs!)

BUT with the top down.....no sounds, but the wind!!

nycebo

Nicolaas,

I had this same problem in my cab. I was able to isolate it to the two plastic covers just distal to the overhead lights. They are oblong shaped and used to cover the screws in the cab cover overhead. What I did was pry them both out using a butter knife, then attached some sticky felt liner to the insides (purchased at Home Depot), and reinstall. You'll need to really pry them back into place as well, but don't use too much force as you might crack a plastic flange. Besides, it's easy to see how they slip back into place. The rattles from the roof disappeared immediately and the car sounds much much tighter.

99firehawk

check the door striekr and latch they losen up and casue noises

above the air bag theres nothing so if you have a noise, possibly someone left the 4mm allen under the "air bag" loose

also 99% of the time door rattles are casued by loose speakers

MirageMetallic

My 996 sunroof rattles intermittently, sometimes for a week or more. Opening and closing sometimes helps. Taking it to the track seems to help! Thankfully it rattles only sometimes and is silent the rest of the time.

Nicolaasdb

thanks Edward...as soon as I get the lovin' feeling back for my P-car I will look into it!
Lost intererest a little lately...so she turned into a garage queen..but a neglected one.

450knotOffice

I don't get anything I'd call a rattle, but I do have a few annoying minor buzzes that come from the various cheap plastic parts scattered around the cabin. The worst is the thin plastic cover over the top mount of the passenger side seatbelt. If I reach over and tap it a few times it seems to subside a little bit. There's also a little buzz/rattle I get somwhere near the steering wheel area that drives me crazy sometimes on these bumpy SoCal freeways.

In reality, the buzzes aren't too bad; it just annoys me that my old '84 has a tighter cabin than the 2000 and that my run-of-the-mill Chevy Tahoe had NO buzzes or rattles at all. Porsche should and could do better than this.

By the way, my wife's 2004 BMW 525 has some annoying buzzes too. What is it with these high-end cars and their buzzy interiors?