After owning the car for just a couple of months, there seems to be many rattles developing in my car. Quite disappointing. I’ve done a bit of exploring and found a few potential rattle sources, maybe it will help someone. Random pictures to follow later on when I actually take some!
One
Sounds like it’s coming from infront of me, or the dash area.
It’s very quiet and not really that annoying. I’ve tried pushing on the latch cover and the cover at the front edge of the roof but it doesn’t seem to be this. Maybe from the window. I’m not too bothered by it at the minute.
Two
Sounded like it was coming from the passenger side.
I had a look and at the bottom of the passenger seat on the back there were four small metal rings. They are all loose and jingled easily. I’m not really sure what they’re for, but I just cut up some dish scrubby foam and wedged it through each ring to stop them moving. The drivers side doesn’t seem to have these rings.
I’m not really sure if this solved anything, but maybe worth checking.
Three
Sounded like it was coming from the centre / passenger side of the dash.
Behind the glove box there’s a green wire that had been taped to the existing wiring loom. Maybe something to do with the nav unit, I’m not sure? Anyway, this tape kept coming loose, so I just taped that wire back up properly myself. It’s kind of shocking really… I also attempted to secure / wrap the A/V + USB cable in the glove box to stop that potentially knocking around.
This seemed to solve it for me.
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Four
Sounds like it’s coming from behind me on the passenger side.
The back of the passenger seat storage sleeve seems like it could flap about and hit the back of the seat, creating a rattly noise. I now store the owners manuals etc in there to just put a bit of weight on it and stop this from possibly happening!
I don’t think this one actually solved anything, but maybe worth checking.
Five
Sounds like it’s coming from behind me on the passenger side.
There’s two wiring loom looking ‘fluffy pipes’ which disappear in to the back trim. They seem to be water drains. Wiggling the passenger side one of those seemed to rattle. I pulled at it on the trim side and it completely detached - oops! Fortunately easy to take the little cover clip off and reattach to the plastic thing inside. I’ll probably try and just cover the plastic bit inside with some electrical tape or something to make it a tighter fit.
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Six
Sounds like it’s coming from behind me on the passenger side.
There’s some kind of fabricy / foamy cover behind the trim on the passenger side, near the bottom somewhere. It is loose and can flap about and hit the plastic trim creating a rattly noise. I’ve just wedged a bit of foam between the it and the trim to stop it flapping about.
I’m not really sure if this solved anything, but maybe worth checking.
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Seven - Unsolved
If I pull on the cubby hole striker for the latch, it makes a rather loud click noise and seems a bit loose. If I pull on the trim just behind the wind deflector towards the front of the car, I hear the same noise. It’s nothing like the rattle I hear really, but pulling on it isn’t the same as slight movement from bumpy road. Googling suggests this is a common problem for older NC’s, but this one is new…
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Eight - Unsolved
If I wiggle the wind deflector about I hear some clicky rattling noises, not as loud as the striker, but sounds more like the rattle I’m hearing. I took it off and put a small strip of foam under each of the metal clips, as they jingled about easily, but that didn’t make any difference at all.
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This didn’t seem to solve it. It seems to be something to do with the rear trim piece. If I gently wiggle the outer mounting holes for the wind deflector (circled red in stolen picture) it made the very same quiet clicking noise. I’m completely stumped as to where it is coming from at the moment though, wiggling that edge of trim didn’t seem to be moving anything much at all.
My dealer seems pretty crap so far, and the rear trim sounds easy enough to get off, so I am looking at removing it whenever I get a few hours to myself and seeing if I can solve those two rattles. Hopefully the two items above is all it is…