Solved a few rattles/squeaks today! (Overhead console and glovebox)
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Solved a few rattles/squeaks today! (Overhead console and glovebox)
Hey all, solved a few rattles today and wanted to share what I did incase anyone has them.
Glovebox: Was hearing a squeak as well as rattles from that front right side of my car where the glovebox is, was afraid that the squeaks was the suspension need lubrication, but realized these noises could be duplicated by pushing up on the right side of the glovebox slowly. Solved by placing felt tape on the top and bottom of the latches that are on the glovebox door, there are two plastic bumps on either side of the latch itself and once they're covered with felt the noises should go away.
Overhead console: this one was a little tricky, because I wasn't quite sure where it was coming from. First I put some felt tape around the edge of the sunglass holder door to make it close tighter. This helped but didnt get rid of the noise completely. So, I took off the whole console (very easy there's videos on YouTube how to do it no screws or anything just a pry tool) and noticed there were some wires in there as well as two plastic support bars that separate the console from the wires. So, I took my felt tape and put it all over BOTH sides (the side the wires come in contact with it, and the side the console comes in contact with it) of these two plastic support beams, and no more rattling!
Now I have to tackle the one that comes from my backseat behind the driver seat
luckily that ones not as bad as these two were.
Glovebox: Was hearing a squeak as well as rattles from that front right side of my car where the glovebox is, was afraid that the squeaks was the suspension need lubrication, but realized these noises could be duplicated by pushing up on the right side of the glovebox slowly. Solved by placing felt tape on the top and bottom of the latches that are on the glovebox door, there are two plastic bumps on either side of the latch itself and once they're covered with felt the noises should go away.
Overhead console: this one was a little tricky, because I wasn't quite sure where it was coming from. First I put some felt tape around the edge of the sunglass holder door to make it close tighter. This helped but didnt get rid of the noise completely. So, I took off the whole console (very easy there's videos on YouTube how to do it no screws or anything just a pry tool) and noticed there were some wires in there as well as two plastic support bars that separate the console from the wires. So, I took my felt tape and put it all over BOTH sides (the side the wires come in contact with it, and the side the console comes in contact with it) of these two plastic support beams, and no more rattling!
Now I have to tackle the one that comes from my backseat behind the driver seat
luckily that ones not as bad as these two were.
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Hey all, solved a few rattles today and wanted to share what I did incase anyone has them.
Glovebox: Was hearing a squeak as well as rattles from that front right side of my car where the glovebox is, was afraid that the squeaks was the suspension need lubrication, but realized these noises could be duplicated by pushing up on the right side of the glovebox slowly. Solved by placing felt tape on the top and bottom of the latches that are on the glovebox door, there are two plastic bumps on either side of the latch itself and once they're covered with felt the noises should go away.
Overhead console: this one was a little tricky, because I wasn't quite sure where it was coming from. First I put some felt tape around the edge of the sunglass holder door to make it close tighter. This helped but didnt get rid of the noise completely. So, I took off the whole console (very easy there's videos on YouTube how to do it no screws or anything just a pry tool) and noticed there were some wires in there as well as two plastic support bars that separate the console from the wires. So, I took my felt tape and put it all over BOTH sides (the side the wires come in contact with it, and the side the console comes in contact with it) of these two plastic support beams, and no more rattling!
Now I have to tackle the one that comes from my backseat behind the driver seat luckily that ones not as bad as these two were.
Glovebox: Was hearing a squeak as well as rattles from that front right side of my car where the glovebox is, was afraid that the squeaks was the suspension need lubrication, but realized these noises could be duplicated by pushing up on the right side of the glovebox slowly. Solved by placing felt tape on the top and bottom of the latches that are on the glovebox door, there are two plastic bumps on either side of the latch itself and once they're covered with felt the noises should go away.
Overhead console: this one was a little tricky, because I wasn't quite sure where it was coming from. First I put some felt tape around the edge of the sunglass holder door to make it close tighter. This helped but didnt get rid of the noise completely. So, I took off the whole console (very easy there's videos on YouTube how to do it no screws or anything just a pry tool) and noticed there were some wires in there as well as two plastic support bars that separate the console from the wires. So, I took my felt tape and put it all over BOTH sides (the side the wires come in contact with it, and the side the console comes in contact with it) of these two plastic support beams, and no more rattling!
Now I have to tackle the one that comes from my backseat behind the driver seat
luckily that ones not as bad as these two were.
