Front Passenger Rattle: Fixed!
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Front Passenger Rattle: Fixed!
Like many of you on here, I have a couple rattles in my ride. One in the front passenger dash somewhere, and one in the back shelf somewhere. My solution in the past had been to simply turn up the volume, and pretend they aren't there.
Last weekend I was replacing my in-cabin air filter (btw, the charcoal upgrade makes a huge difference with outside smell elimination) following these instructions:
http://g-owners.com/article_read.asp?id=29
Anyway, while I had that part of the dash apart, I decided to gently hit a couple things and see if I could reproduce a rattle. Sure enough, I did.
There is an opaque plastic box (not really sure what it is, other than a rattle box) that when you knock its metal support, will rattle like a champ. Infiniti apparently recognized this, and as a measure to eliminate it, put a piece of foam on the front side of it to keep it snugged up against a plastic frame. It doesn't quite reach, so it is free to rattle. To fix it, I just folded up a shop towel and stuck it in the gap.
Rattle fixed.
Hope this helps some of you.
Last weekend I was replacing my in-cabin air filter (btw, the charcoal upgrade makes a huge difference with outside smell elimination) following these instructions:
http://g-owners.com/article_read.asp?id=29
Anyway, while I had that part of the dash apart, I decided to gently hit a couple things and see if I could reproduce a rattle. Sure enough, I did.
There is an opaque plastic box (not really sure what it is, other than a rattle box) that when you knock its metal support, will rattle like a champ. Infiniti apparently recognized this, and as a measure to eliminate it, put a piece of foam on the front side of it to keep it snugged up against a plastic frame. It doesn't quite reach, so it is free to rattle. To fix it, I just folded up a shop towel and stuck it in the gap.
Rattle fixed.
Hope this helps some of you.
Originally Posted by patrickwong
damn...how about the rattle from the rear parcel?
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Making fun of my 4 door 
^^^ you forgot the left nut.
otherwise, very useful find. i will pull it open to see if i'm having the same rattle. then again, if i threw away all the crap i keep in my car, maybe most of the rattles stop by themselves.
otherwise, very useful find. i will pull it open to see if i'm having the same rattle. then again, if i threw away all the crap i keep in my car, maybe most of the rattles stop by themselves.