There’s also a risk that by removing and replacing interior trim to try and find the source of the rattles, they damage or break the trim, or create additional rattles!I've asked a dealer to fix rattles several times and they have yet to successfully do it. They either they drove the car and didn't hear it or say they've fixed it when they haven't.
Where is the rattle?
There’s also a risk that by removing and replacing interior trim to try and find the source of the rattles, they damage or break the trim, or create additional rattles!
Rattles and water ingress; the two hardest things to find.
Hence the “two” hardestI think water ingress is much easier to find than sorting rattles.
I had a Ford in the 1980’s that suffered from water ingress into the front passenger footwell. It took (I think) four visits to the dealer before it was sorted and they had to remove the dashboard (damaged in the process!) and have someone lay in the footwell while they hosed water over the outside to try and see where the water was entering. I was fed up with having to take it back to the dealer for failed attempts to sort it, and soggy carpets, pools of water in the footwell and steamed up windows - I was almost at the point of selling the car.Rattles and water ingress; the two hardest things to find.
good luck!!
Of the two - rattles and water leaks - IMO I’d rate rattles as the lesser of the two evils.
Our 15 plate Leon had lots of rattles and was back to Seat 10 times total to get it fixed. They only made it worse and eventually gave up. Our new 19 plate Leon is even worse. I had it back to Seat twice and again, it's been made worse so it's not going back again
Yes, the dealer quite often seems to create more rattles than the car had in the first place!
In my experience, creaks and rattles tend to be worse during the colder months, when the plastic trim panels are less flexible than they are during the warmer weather. I’d be very reluctant to ever let a dealer rip the interior of my car apart in an attempt to locate and cure a creak or rattle; I was able to locate the source, I’d invest in a set of trim removal tools and some self adhesive-backed foam insulation type material and have a go at sorting it myself.
I've been very fortunate in that all our cars are fairly rattle free, I think it's luck of the draw. The ST had dash rattles which the dealer failed to fix but I fixed them myself, A-pillars. You do get the odd squeak in the winter but nothing intolerable.
My wife doesn't notice or care about any of this stuff! As long as the car still drives the engine could be falling to bits and she'd be oblivious.
Typical women lol , can't hear a thing in the car but moan if the tv is slightly high lol
I already did all 4 doors and the boot when I fitted sound deadening. The center armrest I got sorted too, now I need to fix something loose under the dash behind the air vents in each side. Sounds like a pipe/tube is loose and it's there all the time..
How did you get the centre armrest sorted? Unless I rest my arm on mine, it buzzes and rattles over rougher roads - I haven't been able to precisely pinpoint where exactly it's coming from?!