Blueshark

I padded all my 4 doors since it does rattle and unplug my oem woofer for an aftermarket sealed one in the trunk. But i wonder where else that ratting can occur in the ES350: rear deck, glove compartment. I notice that on the highway when i hit bumps, there a buzzing sound coming from the back, wonder that it could be ?

Any experiences ?

SickES350

iTrader: (-1)

rear windshield for mine... and sunroof

Blueshark

thank you for the reply, i will test the car out for rattling soon with some rubber mallet and a friend in the back. Yes, the sunroof does rattle, mostly when i close the door. Rear windshield ?? odd since it is fixed, could it be more the power sunshade....

Aside the buzzing sound i've described, the car is quite rattles free.

SickES350

iTrader: (-1)

turn up the music and nothing will rattle anymore

Akachan LS

Is your car equipped with the rear sunshade? Mine seems to exhibit a slight buzzing sound when I hit bumps on hot days. This noise just surfaced only a couple of weeks ago, and i have had the car now for almost two years. It only does this when it is hot and sunny and seems to dissappear when I roll up the sunshade.

I also have a slight rattle over bumps that seems to come from the driver's side B pillar. Probably from the seatbelt components inside.

Blueshark

Yes, i have the rear sunshade, I've tried putting the sunshade up and down, no luck. The buzzing rattling is not occuring at all speed ??? in high speed. Interesting about the B pillars, i can open it up to see and pad the area for good . Also, i don't think it is coming from the trunk also since it is vividely audible from the cabin.

SickES350, you are right about that, but i have to mention that i listen to classical musics so i can hear every bit of noise in the cabin

jinnjia

were you able to get that fixed from the dealer ?
I also experience ticking noises on the rear windshield, however the dealer claim there is only TSIB available for the front windshield, not the back, so they refuse to touch it.

Blueshark

rattling of the rear windshield ?? that's odd, i thought it is rigid. Is the rear deck a problem for some ?

overclock

Depends on the road surface and the frequency of the vibration going thru the car and what is in tune with that vibration frequency to give a rattle. On these Texas roads there are some that have some sort of surface that cause the plastic around the inside door handles to rattle. Experienced this on the way home tonight.

And I had a dash rattle in cold weather that was fixed under TSB.

SickES350

iTrader: (-1)

i've brought it in before when my car was bone stock... it rattles on and off... and everytime they test drove it, it doesnt rattle.. i gave up eventually decided to just live with it... its not like the car is going to fail on me so im not too worried about it.

Blueshark

For the doors rattling, there is a quite fix, just pad the metal bracket on the arm rest.

Actually, the car is quite quiet aside the above point, that is why i want to focus on it.