codejd

This rattle by my left ear (driver's side) is driving me crazy so I've decided to remove this piece that holds the seat belt mechanism but I can't quite figure out how to proceed without risking damage. Should I just pull & pray or if the other pieces (lower trim, scuff plates) need to be removed as I seem to remember seeing a TSB on another Lexus make (GS?) that eluded to the latter.

Any help would be appreciated.

TIA!

nevernu

they pop off easily, start at scruff plate and work way up, notice 2 bolts on upper garnish . I foamed the inside of the adjuster to minimize that rattle

codejd

Did it work?

So the scuff plates pull up and pop off, ditto with the lower pillar trim then 2 screws and a pull on the upper pillar trim, right?

Cheers!

ESh

How you foamed the inside? Does it work?

Blueshark

As i remember in the past, the only part on the B pillar that takes knocking noise when hitting bumps is the plastic part that can be seen from the outside of the B piilar, no need to open the pillar. The part is the one that you have to press to adjust the height of the seat belt. For the part to move, i has to slide, so a little play makes it knock.

I've tried inserting a thin foam or felt to reduce the play and yes it does stop the knocking, but you impair the sliding mechanism, so it's a trade off. Unless you can find a very thin piece of felt and use double sided tape, it can be done and you need only a very very small piece of felt, i mean in the milimeters. The point is to make the mechanism slide freely , but prevent it to hitting each other.

So i left it alone and live with it, mine doesn't make a lot of noise.