My 07 Gs had dash rattle when it had 700 miles on ODO. They did TSIB for windshield clips but rattle came back, I plan to have them try again next month when I go for service since it only rattles when it is very cold. In contrast my 06 BMW 325 door panels rattle only in warm weather. Go figure ?

The BMW's rattles are not nearly as wide spread as the GS's. Usually the BMW's rattles doesnt show up until the car is a few years old, but when it is brand new like the Lexus. Also, its pretty typical for cars with such stiff suspension to develope rattles, but the GS is actually kind of soft compare to the BMW. The fact that even brand new GS have the rattles indicate to me that it was a design issue right from the factory, not a wear and tear problem like the BMW.

I just dropped mine off this morning (fingers crossed). I had noticed one other particularly cold morning that the noise in my car seems to have a lower threshold. It was 16 degrees as I was taking the car in today, and it wasn't making a tick, click or creak.

I couldn't believe it. I thought it was going to pull that crap where it won't perform at the shop.

Thankfully, just before I got there, it started doing it some. As I pulled on to the lot, the breaks gave a squeal too, which I only get occasionally, so I added that to the ticket.

Lol, happens to me everytime, as soon as I pull into the dealer, all the rattling and squeaking stops. drpepper, I bet you never been so glad to hear the rattles and squeaks from the GS b4

You got that right! I wasn't really planning to deal with the brakes today, but it popped up.

FWIW, they seemed very confident about taking care of it, and I got no indication that it would be more than a one day job. And they didn't ask me to drive around the block with a service tech anyway. That tells me they're plenty familiar with it.

Most dealers have been working on rattles on the GS for 3 years, they are very familiar with the problem. My dealer even have a tech who specialize in the dash board rattles, imagine that

Well, they called right after I finished typing that last post.

I drove back in 28 degrees without a noise. Only time will tell, but I'm hopeful.

They didn't do the windshield clip TSIB, but did another one # 0040-08 "Dash Rattle from Instrument Panel - NV8040 Instrument Panel Rattle R&R Instrument Panel." I was concerned because the sound really seemed to be coming from the passenger side, not the instrument panel. They said that since I brought it in prior to the original warranty ending (I'll hit 50k in the next few months), this issue will be covered into the extended warranty if I should need to bring it back. They continued to be confident that they got it. The adviser said the tech drove it and did hear and identify the noise.

From what I can tell of reading the paperwork. They replaced a "Cowl Louver Sub-Assembly," "Instrument Panel Clip," and "Instrument Panel Stay" (My attempts at decoding the abbreviations).

The tech hours were from 7:52 AM to 12:54 PM.

They didn't give me a copy with the amount on it, but I saw that warranty cost was about $700.

We'll see.

drpepper, I hope the rattle is gone for good. I see Lexus is now replacing the dahboard clips instead of felting them.

my car is still at the dealer. They call me every 2 day to tell me the clips are still on backorder and haven't arrive yet...GOSH my car has been there for over 2 weeks now.

thomastan, ask for a LS loaner, then they will get those clips fast

No doubt, thomastan, that is brutal. It sounds like there might be some element of lacking motivation. Did you get a loaner at all?

They just call me this morning. They said the clips won't be here until Jan. 8, 2009...can you believe that. My car would be at the dealer for over a month than..... not a happy customer at this point. At least they warranty everything for me...happy but not as happy i want to be. Yes..they gave me a ES350 loaner. I think i might half to give 1-800-25-Lexus a call again...

On the surface, that does seem difficult to believe, but the fact that you have a loaner out removes my suspicion of lallygagging. I don't think you doing a month in a loaner is something they're real interested in. Someone there has their eye on that and they're not happy either.

You have a specific date now. I don't know what calling on them would do to help.

Drpepper...your correct. I decided not to call them. My service advisor is actually a high school friend so he keeps me updated every two working days. I guess i won't be hearing from him till after Jan. 9...

Weather in DFW range 25~100+, but the vary last time I went in for "RATTLES" was over a 1 1/2 years ago; so far is still creaking/rattle free (knock on the wood)!!!

My toy was repaired in 3 different places:
-first time they fixed the rattles from the front & rear windows;
-second time they fixed the rattles from the dash board;
-the vary last time was for a loose screw from on the rear-passanger-side hanger, creaking noise can only be heard when driving/backing up the driveway.

After all these creaking/rattle noise from the interior had been taken care of, brakes decided to make some noise!?!
But I also got it fixed too, TSIB L-SB-0121-08 https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...-brakes-2.html.

I did not expect this much of problems with LEXUS, still not as bad as owning (owned) crap from Europe (BMW & MB).

In case anyone cares, MB ranked #1 in my crap list (worst decision making)!!!