Horrible rattle from steering wheel area! Help!
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Horrible rattle from steering wheel area! Help!
Hey,
I did a search on this, and it seems there are other rattles but not this.
I have this horrible!!! rattle that like shakes my whole steering wheel and the top black plastic cover over the speedometer real bad...it makes a squeaking noise too while going over bumps or roads that aren't perfectly smooth...
I brought it to my dealer 3 times already and they replaced the plastic shield in front of the gauges and the black plastic piece that goes over the top of the speedometer and its still rattling and sqeaking!!!
anyone have any suggestions to this? and does anyone else have this problem?
thanks.
I did a search on this, and it seems there are other rattles but not this.
I have this horrible!!! rattle that like shakes my whole steering wheel and the top black plastic cover over the speedometer real bad...it makes a squeaking noise too while going over bumps or roads that aren't perfectly smooth...
I brought it to my dealer 3 times already and they replaced the plastic shield in front of the gauges and the black plastic piece that goes over the top of the speedometer and its still rattling and sqeaking!!!
anyone have any suggestions to this? and does anyone else have this problem?
thanks.
#2
Originally Posted by brisk
Hey,
I did a search on this, and it seems there are other rattles but not this.
I have this horrible!!! rattle that like shakes my whole steering wheel and the top black plastic cover over the speedometer real bad...it makes a squeaking noise too while going over bumps or roads that aren't perfectly smooth...
I brought it to my dealer 3 times already and they replaced the plastic shield in front of the gauges and the black plastic piece that goes over the top of the speedometer and its still rattling and sqeaking!!!
anyone have any suggestions to this? and does anyone else have this problem?
thanks.
I did a search on this, and it seems there are other rattles but not this.
I have this horrible!!! rattle that like shakes my whole steering wheel and the top black plastic cover over the speedometer real bad...it makes a squeaking noise too while going over bumps or roads that aren't perfectly smooth...
I brought it to my dealer 3 times already and they replaced the plastic shield in front of the gauges and the black plastic piece that goes over the top of the speedometer and its still rattling and sqeaking!!!
anyone have any suggestions to this? and does anyone else have this problem?
thanks.
Just out of curiousity when you took it to the dealer did you take them on a ride so they could experience teh rattle themselves and not just tell them where it was coming from?
pretty much, unless you want to try and fix it yourself, just keep taking it back to them and take them out on a drive so they can see/hear exactly what you are talking about. Try another dealer if you arent satisfied with the one you're currently going to. the rattles in this car suck, but so far i've had good luck with the dealer fixing them.
i had a horrible one from the steering column. They filled the entire column with foam which i love because now the steering is even a little stiffer and thats the way i like it. otherwise i've had one from nav screen, sunroof and glove box. but never in the location you're describing.
good luck
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thanks for the response.
yea i did take the service guy for a ride and told him.
i been getting so many other rattles that i can't drive it with the music lower than 15!
but the steering one is the worst out them all...maybe i can ask them to foam it up like they did with yours...i love this car but hate the rattles!!!
yea i did take the service guy for a ride and told him.
i been getting so many other rattles that i can't drive it with the music lower than 15!
but the steering one is the worst out them all...maybe i can ask them to foam it up like they did with yours...i love this car but hate the rattles!!!
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Did you ever get this resolved.... I THINK I have the same type of rattle in my car. Basically it occurs on certain rough road surfaces... and it sounds like the whole column oscillates a few times after I hit the bump. Dealer and I have been trying to isolate it without any luck but the other day I started hitting the back of the instrument panel (the very back part [closest to the windshield] that moves with the steering column tilt adjustment) and the sound is exactly the same as when I hit a bump... Hot sure how I should go about trying to fix it though. I'd like to just have it stop until I have a chance to take it to the dealer again.
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I have the same exact problem you do with the steering wheel. What I've done is stick some piece of material underneath the top black plastic shield. This stopped the rattle very effectively, but now I can hear rubbing noise when I move the steering wheel up or down when getting in and out of the car. Did you ever find out if it was your specific car with the problem, or a design issue? Did you find a solution different than mine that doesn't have some annoying rubbing sound?
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^^ I did the same thing to stop my speedo hood from bouncing around over railroad tracks. It worked great. My steering wheel back/top cover makes noise, but I can't find a way to take it off to stick foam in there without removing the steering wheel ![EEK!](https://g35driver.com/forums/images/smilies/eek.gif)
Other than those two minor issues my 2005 6MT with 33,500 miles is noise free and running strong as ever!
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Other than those two minor issues my 2005 6MT with 33,500 miles is noise free and running strong as ever!
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Last edited by csdstudio; 10-17-2006 at 02:53 AM.
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I have to hit the dealer soon to see if they have a fix for the Blose stereo issue where it loses it's treble/bass settings until I turn the volume up to 20. I'll have them take a look at this now that I know where it's coming from perhaps they'll actually try to do something about it. I'll let you know what happens.
Did you guys look in the service manual? It doesn't make sense that the whole steering wheel would have to come off just to get under that cover.
Did you guys look in the service manual? It doesn't make sense that the whole steering wheel would have to come off just to get under that cover.
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I have a 2003.5 G, brembos, sport package, nav., etc. Although my steering wheel column rattle is driving me nuts, it is at least a minor comfort to know that others have the same problem. The rattle almost sounds like a washer or something sliding around banging against tin. It happens over bumps for sure but what is odd is that when I lower the steering wheel the rattle stops. Unfortunately I'm somewhat tall and need to raise the steering wheel. When I do the rattle just appears and won't stop. When I release the the level so that the wheel column will adjust and I move the whole column up and down, I can hear the same rattle. Can we get into the guts of the steering wheel column? I want to tackle this myself but I dont want to start taking things apart just to find out I can reach the problem. Any suggestions?
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Originally Posted by brisk
thanks for the response.
yea i did take the service guy for a ride and told him.
i been getting so many other rattles that i can't drive it with the music lower than 15!
but the steering one is the worst out them all...maybe i can ask them to foam it up like they did with yours...i love this car but hate the rattles!!!
yea i did take the service guy for a ride and told him.
i been getting so many other rattles that i can't drive it with the music lower than 15!
but the steering one is the worst out them all...maybe i can ask them to foam it up like they did with yours...i love this car but hate the rattles!!!
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