the rattle machine

gunjo · 10-08-2008, 08:25 AM

I have rattle noise all over the car, including left side courtain air bag and behind speed meter. After SIX visits to the dealer, they removed the dash and found out that the foam tape was misplaced. They fixed the foam tape at the bottom of the windshield between the windshield and dash, but not around the whole windshield. Took a week to fix it and now it is still rattling....Is there any foam tape or source of noise on those spots I should be aware of and I'm missing?

I'm thinking in getting legal advise to apply lemon law. I did not pay for a new car for 6 visits and counting....by the way, the left side speaker came blown from manufactury, and the top plastic portion of the wheel shaft has popped out twice. Poorest workmanhood and manufacturing quality of any Japanese good I've ever seen.

BIIIGJON · 10-08-2008, 09:10 AM

join the rattle party lol. my whole dash rattles. its annoying. dealer cant replicate. but i wanna know what wud work too.

adore · 10-08-2008, 12:25 PM

i work at honda (service dept) and they all ratlle, me and my GF both have 08 and the rattle like crazy...i think we all got to live with that...god i miss my EM1s...

BIIIGJON · 10-08-2008, 02:18 PM

i had an em1 and em2.. the em1 was def a more solid car.. but on my fg im gunna shove somethin in the cracks like and index card idc at this point its super annoying

07sikspd · 10-13-2008, 02:31 PM

shove some playing cards in the there to shim it FTW!

killsw1tch · 10-13-2008, 06:01 PM

The plastic cowl that runs along the windshield below the wipers creaks if you even touch it. I can hear it creaking all the time when I drive over any bump. I'm going to take it apart and clean it and pad it with padded 3m tape soon.

07sikspd · 10-13-2008, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by killsw1tch

The plastic cowl that runs along the windshield below the wipers creaks if you even touch it. I can hear it creaking all the time when I drive over any bump. I'm going to take it apart and clean it and pad it with padded 3m tape soon.

yeah that 3m foam pad is the shizzile let me know how you make out

ZeWind · 10-13-2008, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adore

i work at honda (service dept) and they all ratlle, me and my GF both have 08 and the rattle like crazy...i think we all got to live with that...god i miss my EM1s...

Nothing can be done?!

Guess this means, ill just have to buy a nice audio system

psycho1 · 10-13-2008, 10:23 PM

yep, that's what i did. just turn up the radio and all the rattles go away. i had a major one in the glove box for the longest time.

Powerline07 · 10-14-2008, 09:36 AM

Does anyone else have a “rattle” or vibration coming from their passenger side door? I get like this buzz when only certain bass tones are played, mostly when I am listening to sports talk radio.

I don’t think it’s the speaker because it goes away when I put a little pressure on the handle and inside panel of the door. Any ideas, hints or solutions out there to fixing this problem? It is starting to drive me NUTS…

daytonaturbo · 10-14-2008, 01:54 PM

Mine's a rattle trap as well. Very dissapointing comming from how good everyone and their dog claims honda to be. Just turn the radio up a little. I can't even drive this car on the highway without the radio on, or else the rattles would drive me insane. I get all kinds of creaking and squeaking comming out of the headliner. I think you'd pretty much have to remove the entire interior to fix all the problems these cars have.

Opticon · 10-14-2008, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunjo

I have rattle noise all over the car, including left side courtain air bag and behind speed meter. After SIX visits to the dealer, they removed the dash and found out that the foam tape was misplaced. They fixed the foam tape at the bottom of the windshield between the windshield and dash, but not around the whole windshield. Took a week to fix it and now it is still rattling....Is there any foam tape or source of noise on those spots I should be aware of and I'm missing?

I'm thinking in getting legal advise to apply lemon law. I did not pay for a new car for 6 visits and counting....by the way, the left side speaker came blown from manufactury, and the top plastic portion of the wheel shaft has popped out twice. Poorest workmanhood and manufacturing quality of any Japanese good I've ever seen.

dealershits dont fix anything the first time, they want u to come back because the mechanics there get commission on what they work on. most of the time around the 3rd or 4th time, the problem is fixed

BIIIGJON · 10-14-2008, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Opticon

dealershits dont fix anything the first time, they want u to come back because the mechanics there get commission on what they work on. most of the time around the 3rd or 4th time, the problem is fixed

Those wud be called comebacks, which in turn lowers the dealerships c.s.i. i dont know what dealership this is. where i work the technicion will not get paid when its a comeback for the same issue(problem). hence the technician wud make no money if that technician was flat rate. what dealership is this, b/c id like to work there lol

07sikspd · 10-14-2008, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BIIIGJON

Those wud be called comebacks, which in turn lowers the dealerships c.s.i. i dont know what dealership this is. where i work the technicion will not get paid when its a comeback for the same issue(problem). hence the technician wud make no money if that technician was flat rate. what dealership is this, b/c id like to work there lol

Dealers don't enjoy when work comes back they want to get it right the first time

Merlin21 · 10-14-2008, 03:38 PM

Holy crap! And I thought it was just mine..... I thought it was my front left tweeter making that rattling... So I took it out and what do you know it's still happens.... Not all the time but in the morning when it's cold or when a certain song is playing..... Like T.I's "You could have whatever you like"

What the hell is it?!?!?!?!?!?!

Shreaded · 10-14-2008, 03:53 PM

dude, i took mine in last week for the 4th time, and i only have 1 rattle left: the dreaded sunroof rattle. my car is better now then it was the day i got it. thanks to my persistance.

last time, they replaced the cover that goes over the rear passenger airbag in the back pillar by the deck lid.

persistance pays off, espescially for me since the warrent is about to run out?!?!?!

Powerline07 · 10-16-2008, 01:22 PM

Yea. I heard of the tweeters going. But this has something to do with the inside door panel or the speaker housing, not the speaker itself.

Does anyone know if this is covered under the warrenty? Esp since I bought it in May. Or should I take the door apart myself and try to fix it? And if so does anyone know where the screws are to take it off?

Thanks.

Duce2k · 10-16-2008, 04:22 PM

I keep my music cranked at 20 or more, that way I don't even hear them rattles

Merlin21 · 10-16-2008, 05:46 PM

Yeah it has to be something else besides the tweeter cus like I said I took it out and I still get the rattle.... Any of you Honda gurus got a fix besides crankin it up???

gunjo · 10-21-2008, 10:50 PM

I can't believe people just settle for getting fatter and louder speakers; this is a quality issue and has to be resolved as such. If all who have this problem spoke up there would be some sort of recall, or Honda would at lest try more seriously to solve this problem. I sweat the money I paid for the car.

10-08-2008, 08:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
gunjo Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6 iTrader: 0 / 0%	the rattle machine I have rattle noise all over the car, including left side courtain air bag and behind speed meter. After SIX visits to the dealer, they removed the dash and found out that the foam tape was misplaced. They fixed the foam tape at the bottom of the windshield between the windshield and dash, but not around the whole windshield. Took a week to fix it and now it is still rattling....Is there any foam tape or source of noise on those spots I should be aware of and I'm missing? I'm thinking in getting legal advise to apply lemon law. I did not pay for a new car for 6 visits and counting....by the way, the left side speaker came blown from manufactury, and the top plastic portion of the wheel shaft has popped out twice. Poorest workmanhood and manufacturing quality of any Japanese good I've ever seen.

10-16-2008, 05:46 PM	#19 (permalink)
Merlin21 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Jersey Posts: 216 Paul iTrader: 1 / 100%	Yeah it has to be something else besides the tweeter cus like I said I took it out and I still get the rattle.... Any of you Honda gurus got a fix besides crankin it up??? Last edited by Merlin21; 10-16-2008 at 05:47 PM.

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10-08-2008, 09:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
BIIIGJON Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NEWBURGH, NY Posts: 427 JON iTrader: 1 / 100%	join the rattle party lol. my whole dash rattles. its annoying. dealer cant replicate. but i wanna know what wud work too.

10-08-2008, 12:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
adore Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 30 Keven Powers iTrader: 0 / 0%	i work at honda (service dept) and they all ratlle, me and my GF both have 08 and the rattle like crazy...i think we all got to live with that...god i miss my EM1s...

10-08-2008, 02:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
BIIIGJON Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NEWBURGH, NY Posts: 427 JON iTrader: 1 / 100%	i had an em1 and em2.. the em1 was def a more solid car.. but on my fg im gunna shove somethin in the cracks like and index card idc at this point its super annoying

10-13-2008, 02:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
07sikspd Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: O.C. Age: 23 Posts: 231 The Negotiator iTrader: 0 / 0%	shove some playing cards in the there to shim it FTW!

10-13-2008, 06:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
killsw1tch Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 526 iTrader: 1 / 100%	The plastic cowl that runs along the windshield below the wipers creaks if you even touch it. I can hear it creaking all the time when I drive over any bump. I'm going to take it apart and clean it and pad it with padded 3m tape soon.

10-13-2008, 10:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
psycho1 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 328 iTrader: 0 / 0%	yep, that's what i did. just turn up the radio and all the rattles go away. i had a major one in the glove box for the longest time.

10-14-2008, 09:36 AM	#10 (permalink)
Powerline07 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Williamsville (Buffalo) Posts: 74 Adam iTrader: 0 / 0%	Does anyone else have a “rattle” or vibration coming from their passenger side door? I get like this buzz when only certain bass tones are played, mostly when I am listening to sports talk radio. I don’t think it’s the speaker because it goes away when I put a little pressure on the handle and inside panel of the door. Any ideas, hints or solutions out there to fixing this problem? It is starting to drive me NUTS…

10-14-2008, 01:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
daytonaturbo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 129 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Mine's a rattle trap as well. Very dissapointing comming from how good everyone and their dog claims honda to be. Just turn the radio up a little. I can't even drive this car on the highway without the radio on, or else the rattles would drive me insane. I get all kinds of creaking and squeaking comming out of the headliner. I think you'd pretty much have to remove the entire interior to fix all the problems these cars have.

10-14-2008, 03:38 PM	#15 (permalink)
Merlin21 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Jersey Posts: 216 Paul iTrader: 1 / 100%	Holy crap! And I thought it was just mine..... I thought it was my front left tweeter making that rattling... So I took it out and what do you know it's still happens.... Not all the time but in the morning when it's cold or when a certain song is playing..... Like T.I's "You could have whatever you like" What the hell is it?!?!?!?!?!?!

10-14-2008, 03:53 PM	#16 (permalink)
Shreaded Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 531 Rick iTrader: 0 / 0%	dude, i took mine in last week for the 4th time, and i only have 1 rattle left: the dreaded sunroof rattle. my car is better now then it was the day i got it. thanks to my persistance. last time, they replaced the cover that goes over the rear passenger airbag in the back pillar by the deck lid. persistance pays off, espescially for me since the warrent is about to run out?!?!?!

10-16-2008, 01:22 PM	#17 (permalink)
Powerline07 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Williamsville (Buffalo) Posts: 74 Adam iTrader: 0 / 0%	Yea. I heard of the tweeters going. But this has something to do with the inside door panel or the speaker housing, not the speaker itself. Does anyone know if this is covered under the warrenty? Esp since I bought it in May. Or should I take the door apart myself and try to fix it? And if so does anyone know where the screws are to take it off? Thanks.

10-16-2008, 04:22 PM	#18 (permalink)
Duce2k Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,987 iTrader: 4 / 100%	I keep my music cranked at 20 or more, that way I don't even hear them rattles

10-21-2008, 10:50 PM	#20 (permalink)
gunjo Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I can't believe people just settle for getting fatter and louder speakers; this is a quality issue and has to be resolved as such. If all who have this problem spoke up there would be some sort of recall, or Honda would at lest try more seriously to solve this problem. I sweat the money I paid for the car.