I know these are quiet cars, and generally have very few noises, but I'm a perfectionist. I want to find every single imperfection and fix it. Has anyone found any, or asked your dealer to look into any?
Overall I'd say my car makes zero rattles going over regular smooth pavement at any speed, but it DOES have some sounds that pop up when I hit certain bumps or gratings that vibrate the car just right, and that drives me crazy. I have a couple ideas for where sounds might be coming from:
1. Sunglasses tray. No shocker, you can hear the sunglasses rolling around in there with hard accel or braking. I may add more foam to it.
2. Rear speaker deck. Sometimes when a bass line hits just right I hear a rattle. I fixed most of it by putting some foam up in the trunk between the plastic of the deck and the back window, but it's not perfect. This still frustrates me, and I believe that big hard-plastic deck is a big potential rattle source.
3. Oh-shit handles. I've noticed that several of these in the car can make a rattle if they are percussed just right (try rapping with your knuckles on the headliner right next to them). It's subtle, but it's there. I'm considering trying to pry them open and put in something to stop that.
4. Doors? I have one rattle that I hear when I drive over bumps that I can't trace, and I suspect one of my right-side doors. I had tint installed twice (dealer put wrong one on the first time), so that means they partially opened the door panels twice. That process could have introduced a rattle?
5. Gauge cluster/steering wheel. There is some sort of rattle from this area I hear occasionally. I can't find anything that seems loose, so it's a mystery.
Overall I'd say my car makes zero rattles going over regular smooth pavement at any speed, but it DOES have some sounds that pop up when I hit certain bumps or gratings that vibrate the car just right, and that drives me crazy. I have a couple ideas for where sounds might be coming from:
1. Sunglasses tray. No shocker, you can hear the sunglasses rolling around in there with hard accel or braking. I may add more foam to it.
2. Rear speaker deck. Sometimes when a bass line hits just right I hear a rattle. I fixed most of it by putting some foam up in the trunk between the plastic of the deck and the back window, but it's not perfect. This still frustrates me, and I believe that big hard-plastic deck is a big potential rattle source.
3. Oh-shit handles. I've noticed that several of these in the car can make a rattle if they are percussed just right (try rapping with your knuckles on the headliner right next to them). It's subtle, but it's there. I'm considering trying to pry them open and put in something to stop that.
4. Doors? I have one rattle that I hear when I drive over bumps that I can't trace, and I suspect one of my right-side doors. I had tint installed twice (dealer put wrong one on the first time), so that means they partially opened the door panels twice. That process could have introduced a rattle?
5. Gauge cluster/steering wheel. There is some sort of rattle from this area I hear occasionally. I can't find anything that seems loose, so it's a mystery.