Rattles, rattles, and more rattles.
04-07-13, 11:10 AM
#16
I have a rattle in my driver's seat belt adjustment panel. Whenever I go over a pin or a feather, I hear a little tick noise in my ear. I took it to lexus and "they didn't hear it"
I ended up taking apart the whole seat belt adjustment panel and added little cushions to every moving part and it still rattles!! I like to drive around sometimes with no music on and the rattle sound right in my ear is a clear annoyance.
I ended up taking apart the whole seat belt adjustment panel and added little cushions to every moving part and it still rattles!! I like to drive around sometimes with no music on and the rattle sound right in my ear is a clear annoyance.
04-08-13, 08:26 AM
#21
Rattles, scratching, rubbing, ticking. My car is an expert at them.
I was actually speaking to my wife about the issue I had resurfacing again recently and brought up the idea of hoping Lexus will buy the car back, or just selling it outright, and her response summer it up pretty well. "But you love everything about this car. What would you buy instead?".
I had no response. Oh well.
I was actually speaking to my wife about the issue I had resurfacing again recently and brought up the idea of hoping Lexus will buy the car back, or just selling it outright, and her response summer it up pretty well. "But you love everything about this car. What would you buy instead?".
I had no response. Oh well.
01-31-15, 04:52 PM
#22
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Rattles fixed
I have a 2013 GS 350 F Sport with about 36k miles. Love the car but hate the rattles. I finally tracked them down on my own after two trips to the dealer. Maybe this will help someone.
Rattle #1: Came from cup holder area, on passenger side. I first thought it was coming from air vent area, but after careful listening and tapping around to reproduce sound, I found it was coming from right side of cupholder. My fix: The panel covering the sides of the center console come off with a firm upward pressure. Underneath is the plastic of the center consol. The rattle was coming from that plastic vibrating against the side of the cup holder, so I slid a piece of cardboard in between the two, replaced the cover, and now it is quite. Thank God (or the infinite universe, depending on beliefs)!
Rattle #2: Came from driver's side A pillar. I thought it might be trim, or a loose front speaker up under the windshield. I put a gentle downward pressure on the speaker grill and that would silence it. I then put a toothpick between the A pillar and the side of the dash. That worked, so I trimmed the toothpick and colored it with a black Sharpie so it wouldn't show. Rattle silenced!
Hope this helps fellow rattle haters.
RM
Rattle #1: Came from cup holder area, on passenger side. I first thought it was coming from air vent area, but after careful listening and tapping around to reproduce sound, I found it was coming from right side of cupholder. My fix: The panel covering the sides of the center console come off with a firm upward pressure. Underneath is the plastic of the center consol. The rattle was coming from that plastic vibrating against the side of the cup holder, so I slid a piece of cardboard in between the two, replaced the cover, and now it is quite. Thank God (or the infinite universe, depending on beliefs)!
Rattle #2: Came from driver's side A pillar. I thought it might be trim, or a loose front speaker up under the windshield. I put a gentle downward pressure on the speaker grill and that would silence it. I then put a toothpick between the A pillar and the side of the dash. That worked, so I trimmed the toothpick and colored it with a black Sharpie so it wouldn't show. Rattle silenced!
Hope this helps fellow rattle haters.
RM
01-31-15, 05:22 PM
#23
Lexus Test Driver
i have a 2013 gs 350 f sport with about 36k miles. Love the car but hate the rattles. I finally tracked them down on my own after two trips to the dealer. Maybe this will help someone.
Rattle #1: Came from cup holder area, on passenger side. I first thought it was coming from air vent area, but after careful listening and tapping around to reproduce sound, i found it was coming from right side of cupholder. My fix: The panel covering the sides of the center console come off with a firm upward pressure. Underneath is the plastic of the center consol. The rattle was coming from that plastic vibrating against the side of the cup holder, so i slid a piece of cardboard in between the two, replaced the cover, and now it is quite. Thank god (or the infinite universe, depending on beliefs)!
Rattle #2: Came from driver's side a pillar. I thought it might be trim, or a loose front speaker up under the windshield. I put a gentle downward pressure on the speaker grill and that would silence it. I then put a toothpick between the a pillar and the side of the dash. That worked, so i trimmed the toothpick and colored it with a black sharpie so it wouldn't show. Rattle silenced!
Hope this helps fellow rattle haters.
Rm (a.k.a. Rattleman)
Rattle #1: Came from cup holder area, on passenger side. I first thought it was coming from air vent area, but after careful listening and tapping around to reproduce sound, i found it was coming from right side of cupholder. My fix: The panel covering the sides of the center console come off with a firm upward pressure. Underneath is the plastic of the center consol. The rattle was coming from that plastic vibrating against the side of the cup holder, so i slid a piece of cardboard in between the two, replaced the cover, and now it is quite. Thank god (or the infinite universe, depending on beliefs)!
Rattle #2: Came from driver's side a pillar. I thought it might be trim, or a loose front speaker up under the windshield. I put a gentle downward pressure on the speaker grill and that would silence it. I then put a toothpick between the a pillar and the side of the dash. That worked, so i trimmed the toothpick and colored it with a black sharpie so it wouldn't show. Rattle silenced!
Hope this helps fellow rattle haters.
Rm (a.k.a. Rattleman)
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01-31-15, 05:33 PM
#24
Lead Lap
I absolutely love the car, but man are there rattles.
took the 405S in los angeles today, ya its bumpy and a lot of construction going on but the car was so noisy inside.
1) all of my doors, when you firmly press the top horizontal strip right under the window, you hear the adhesive make a noise, and everything i go over bumps i hear it.
2)the center of dash right above navi, same thing, pretty it firmly and you hear the adhesive.
3) i THINK the seat belts were rattling too.
4) i have ML audio, and the music i was listening to today were making the window and door lock switches rattle as well.
i know there is a TSB to 'fix' the doors for ML rattles, but what about the adhesive noise..i don't think it's anything they can fix, and even if they were to replace the doors, i bet it would come back again.
i've read a lot of rattle complaints about this car in this forum, kind of sucks about the rattles, i don't expect a perfectly quiet car, but i didn't expect these rattles either.
/end rant
took the 405S in los angeles today, ya its bumpy and a lot of construction going on but the car was so noisy inside.
1) all of my doors, when you firmly press the top horizontal strip right under the window, you hear the adhesive make a noise, and everything i go over bumps i hear it.
2)the center of dash right above navi, same thing, pretty it firmly and you hear the adhesive.
3) i THINK the seat belts were rattling too.
4) i have ML audio, and the music i was listening to today were making the window and door lock switches rattle as well.
i know there is a TSB to 'fix' the doors for ML rattles, but what about the adhesive noise..i don't think it's anything they can fix, and even if they were to replace the doors, i bet it would come back again.
i've read a lot of rattle complaints about this car in this forum, kind of sucks about the rattles, i don't expect a perfectly quiet car, but i didn't expect these rattles either.
/end rant
01-31-15, 06:21 PM
#25
Are these rattling issues mostly with 13 and 14 models? I have 2015, only a thousand miles so im not experiencing any rattles but a ton of issues I see on the boards seem to be coming from earlier models. Before I bought the 15 I saw that Lexus had fixed a ton of issues, including cup holder rattles and squeaking e-brake...
01-31-15, 07:02 PM
#26
Lexus Test Driver
I have a 2013 and it's as tight as you could ever want with no rattles and zero issues.
