Back end rattle.....found it!
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2013 GL450 (traded for 2015 Escalade), 2012 Corvette, 2014 Ford Fusion, Previous: 2007 GL450, 2011
Back end rattle.....found it!
After much frustration with a rattle/vibration noise somewhere back there, I found it! Turns out to be the sunshade for the back sunroof.......when it is extended, it will vibrate/rattle on rough roads - move it back into the retracted position....no vibration. I have a lot of stuff stored in the back.....seldom ever use the 3rd row seats so it took a long process of elimination before I could find this..........I hate rattles but I hate ones that I can't identify even more
Yes I know....... if I have just sat someone in the back I probably would have found this much sooner, but the wife doesn't like those kinds of projects. Anyway.....anyone having "vbration/rattles" back there might take a look at the shade
Yes I know....... if I have just sat someone in the back I probably would have found this much sooner, but the wife doesn't like those kinds of projects. Anyway.....anyone having "vbration/rattles" back there might take a look at the shade
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That also drove me crazy for the first two days I owned my GL. It will be addressed when I take the car in for the first service! The part needs to be redsigned so it's not hard plastic on hard plastic. A soft rubber coating on the clip would deaden the sound from the vibration produced on rough roads.
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From: Central Pa.
2013 GL450 (traded for 2015 Escalade), 2012 Corvette, 2014 Ford Fusion, Previous: 2007 GL450, 2011
That also drove me crazy for the first two days I owned my GL. It will be addressed when I take the car in for the first service! The part needs to be redsigned so it's not hard plastic on hard plastic. A soft rubber coating on the clip would deaden the sound from the vibration produced on rough roads.
Agree......I think I may attempt to engineer my own "soft rubber coating"' (or something similar ) solution as I am not certain MB will have one for us.
