Rattle fixed!

[Jem_hadar]

Originally Posted by Bretsuaz

It seems to be worse in the morning, when the dash is cold. And diminishes once the sun warms it up.

Yeah, I've noticed in the last few months that when its cold out, esp in the morning to work, or home after work at the end of the day, that there is a slight noise often... Not so much a 'rattle' as maybe 'creeking'? The sound I find hard to describe. Its not loud at all, but its present and I'm aware of it... kinda bothers me, but only to a small degree. Only seems to occur when its cold out, never noticed it before all spring, summer, fall and the first 1/2 of winter when our weather wasnt so cold as it is now.

Wasnt sure if I should bother mentioning it or not to my dealership.

[Bretsuaz]

Originally Posted by Jem_hadar

Yeah, I've noticed in the last few months that when its cold out, esp in the morning to work, or home after work at the end of the day, that there is a slight noise often... Not so much a 'rattle' as maybe 'creeking'? The sound I find hard to describe. Its not loud at all, but its present and I'm aware of it... kinda bothers me, but only to a small degree. Only seems to occur when its cold out, never noticed it before all spring, summer, fall and the first 1/2 of winter when our weather wasnt so cold as it is now.

Wasnt sure if I should bother mentioning it or not to my dealership.

Get it fixed. Youll be glad you did. Mine has been rattle/creek free since.

[Jem_hadar]

Originally Posted by Bretsuaz

Get it fixed. Youll be glad you did. Mine has been rattle/creek free since.

I'll mention it soon then when I go in for my next addition...

I have just been wondering if i should or not, as its so minute, and happens maybe 60% of the time?

I have no idea of I'm over worrying about the "noise"... im not even sure if creek is the right word...

well, ill like take ur advice and mention it, though i feel kinda nit picky... (not that i should, bc its my new car and i have a right to have it in perf shape... but for some reason i do w/ this matter... wierd)

[Jem_hadar]

Originally Posted by Jem_hadar

I'll mention it soon then when I go in for my next addition...

I have just been wondering if i should or not, as its so minute, and happens maybe 60% of the time?

I have no idea of I'm over worrying about the "noise"... im not even sure if creek is the right word...

well, ill like take ur advice and mention it, though i feel kinda nit picky... (not that i should, bc its my new car and i have a right to have it in perf shape... but for some reason i do w/ this matter... wierd)

Took her in today to have them look at it... turns out it had to do with sand/dirt (not unusual this time of the year w/ all the snow we have) getting under the black plastic (forget its correct name) that the whippers sit on... dirt/sand sneaks under there and sits between the plastic part and the windshield and it gets rubbed between the two of them, making that "noise" of sorts I have been hearing... and it makes sense i was told that it would be worse in the mornings when it's cold as the plastic would be harder and thus making the rubbing more pronounced and louder.

anyways, he put a think layer of something (felt? i forget now, shoot) between the outside windshield and whipper plastic and that *appears* to have fixed it.

Told em to get back to them in a couple days time, see if its gone away. So thats what I'm gonna do. Glad I decided to take it in.

I love my Collingwood Toyota Service department, esp, Mike, the guy I usually deal with.

Anyways, that's my update folks. I am happy presently

Jem