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Old 12-18-15, 03:06 PM
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Anyone have an issue on their RC where the door panel speakers cause a vibrating / buzzing noise within the door panel at certain frequencies? I'm not talking loud either. It is intermittent. If a put the slightest bit of pressure on the panel, the noise disappears. Sounds to me like the sound waves are causing a wire or something small to vibrate within the door panel. The speaker itself it fine.

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Did you get the ML package?

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Originally Posted by FUZCO
Anyone have an issue on their RC where the door panel speakers cause a vibrating / buzzing noise within the door panel at certain frequencies? I'm not talking loud either. It is intermittent. If a put the slightest bit of pressure on the panel, the noise disappears. Sounds to me like the sound waves are causing a wire or something small to vibrate within the door panel. The speaker itself it fine.

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I DO!!!!!!! I was wondering if anyone else had this too.... its at very low but it rattles... also my passenger door adjustment ***** for seat (moving up, back, in, out) those plastic things you push to move seat are rattling too...

I have Non ML.

PS. Sounds like mine is coming from passenger side

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Old 12-21-15, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by jackals
I DO!!!!!!! I was wondering if anyone else had this too.... its at very low but it rattles... also my passenger door adjustment ***** for seat (moving up, back, in, out) those plastic things you push to move seat are rattling too...

I have Non ML.

PS. Sounds like mine is coming from passenger side
Yes! Premium. Initially the "buzz" was coming from the pax seat towards the back. Now I hear it from the drivers side too. It may also be the coolest weather as materials have a tendency to shrink and loosen a bit.

Just a bit annoying for a $55k car. My guess is lack of sound insulation but I'd hate to opt towards "minor surgery" and have the door panels removed and padded more as it may open up a can of worms and lead to new noises. Otherwise all else is solid and honestly impressed how quiet the cabin is overall. Again, the speakers are fine. Apparently, the "insulating" is not.

If anyone has had this fixed successfully, please post! Otherwise, I guess I can keep applying slight pressure on the door panel while I'm driving as a fix. :P
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FUZCO, it is as you mentioned, not enough insulation in the door panel. I took my car in because I was scared of a issue becoming bigger. The technician stated that nothing is wrong just a lack of insulation.
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compared to the new CTS, the sound insulation in the RC is awful. I also get the rattle from my speakers at certain frequencies, but I didn't have it in the warmer weather.
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I forgot to mention that during certain songs, that the speaker itself will buzz lol...
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on my 14 GS350 its the window up/down buttons that rattle...nothing i can do about that
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Originally Posted by maddave
on my 14 GS350 its the window up/down buttons that rattle...nothing i can do about that
You can fix it. Unfortunately pretty common problem with GSs. The switch assembly rattles because it vibrates as it sits in its housing. Thereʻs a post somewhere on CL about how to pop the assembly. For mine, I had my tint guy pop the assembly and we put pieces of paper between the housing and its seat and then electric taped around the edges. No more door switch rattle. Iʻve also found the rattling more common with ML equipped GSs vs premium stereo.

Hereʻs the link:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...attle-fix.html

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Anyone get this resolved successfully?
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there is considerable vibration coming from the sunroof glass when playing music with the bass up. It's a major design flaw and is pretty terrible. Embarrassing too when you have a passenger.

Edit: forgot to mention this is in a 2016 RC300
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Originally Posted by only1jv
there is considerable vibration coming from the sunroof glass when playing music with the bass up. It's a major design flaw and is pretty terrible. Embarrassing too when you have a passenger.

Edit: forgot to mention this is in a 2016 RC300
I have it in the 2015 RC350 F-Sport with base stereo as well....
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Originally Posted by only1jv
there is considerable vibration coming from the sunroof glass when playing music with the bass up. It's a major design flaw and is pretty terrible. Embarrassing too when you have a passenger.

Edit: forgot to mention this is in a 2016 RC300
I have it in the 2015 RC350 F-Sport with base stereo as well....
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