Cheapo911

Hey everyone, looking for advice before I go pulling off the door panel (as it was not a fun experience last time).

I have the Bose sound system, and when listening at mid to high volume, certain notes will just rattle the living hell out of the right door panel. I've tried applying pressure to parts of the panel when this happens and it seems to make the noise go away. Any ideas on what it could be specifically? I'm about to just pull the panel off and put sound deadening material all over the panel but would rather not have to do that. Its definitely not a blown speaker as its more of a vibration then anything, but not sure what piece would be causing this vibration. Thanks for any ideas!

healthnut76

There's probably something that's out of place and/or been pinched. A clip could also be broken, which can absolutely cause a rattle. Once you have the door panel off, look for anything that's broken or out of place. You'll probably be able to find the culprit. Good luck!

rbrunelle

I had this problem, the foam holding the speaker was collapsed and allowed for rattle at high volume. I was able to fix it by using some rubber bumpers that you use to keep cupboard doors from banging and placing them in the depressions around the speaker. Not elegant, but it worked

Shrike071

Rattling speaker almost always means it's blown

sac02

FWIW, I interpreted the OP to mean that the speaker was causing resonances in the door panel, leading to rattles on certain notes. Not that the speaker itself was the source of the noise.

There's definitely an aural difference between a blown speaker and resonant rattle in the door, I've had to chase both in my days unfortunately, lol.

Maybe OP can clarify. :shrug:

edit: In fact I had to chase a door panel rattle on this car the week I bought it, although mine was due to a higher frequency resonance on chipseal road surface, not lower frequency speaker resonance. Mine was indeed a (couple) broken clip(s).

Cheapo911

Yup its definitely a resonances being caused by certain frequencies. Like I said, applying pressure to the door panel in certain spots (usually pretty firmly) makes the noise go away almost completely. So not likely that its blown, but simply something out of place vibrating. But sounds like I'll be pulling the panel, wish me luck!

adams-s

I know what exactly you are talking about, its a rattle not coming from speaker However dealer said so when I took for a visit , you clearly hear on high base volume, Behind the upper door panel you'll find a 6 or 5 metal clips, if you remove them all while your speaker is on, noise will disappear, so have them taped back tight and put the panel back, still I don’t know why that happened tho

Cheapo911

Shoot wish I would have saw this before I took the panel off today. Applied a bunch of sound deading to the panel but didnt seem to make much of a difference. Guess its time to check the tabs.