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Old Mar 6, 2016 | 12:55 AM
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2 Qs: Do you hear fuel sloshing? Ever heard of tint causing door panel noise?

1) While parking/backing up/driving at low speeds and applying brake, do you ever hear fuel sloshing? When I back into my driveway into the garage (roll, stop, roll, stop, etc.), I can what sounds like fuel sloshing in the tank. It is most prominent when the tank is half to almost full. I would like to know if this is normal.

2) My two front door panels make buzzing noises near the door lock plunger (rear upper corner part of the door panel) on certain rough roads or poor road surfaces. The dealer has installed felt strips to address the common wood trim noise, but the buzzing continues.

Another dealer suggested that the tint adds enough thickness to push against the rubber scraper and that is causing the noise. Has anyone heard of this before?

When the appears, any small amount of pressure pushed against the upper corner of the panel will make it stop.

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Old Mar 6, 2016 | 09:08 AM
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Never heard of that with the tint? I know most benzs if the shop knows what they are doing they remove a small plastic strip that scratches the tint and replaces that with felt strips.
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Old Mar 10, 2016 | 12:49 AM
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I've never heard fuel sloshing sounds. There are a couple of ways to get water intrusion. If it collects in the subfloor it might make a sloshing sound.
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tint causing door panel noise is a funny excuse. Dealers will find anything that's non factory and blame the problem on that.
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Have you checked the floor of your spare tire compartment?
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Thanks for the responses. I have not checked the floor of the spare tire compartment. I will do that as soon as I get the car back from the dealer...
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