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Another rattle fixed - boot liner and instrument panel

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#1 ·
Since Pacmania has been quiet for a few days I thought I'd grumble about "rattles and squeaks" without being accused of whinging :D

One - rattle from rear of car, seemingly from parcel shelf. Found to be the plastic panel that lines the boot lid, that was rattling on the glass. Fixed by placing a bit of rubber at 6" intervals to hold the panel off the glass.

Two - rattle seeming to come from instrument cluster, goes away if you press on the information display in the top right hand corner. Fixed by inserting a tiny piece of rubber between display and bezel.
 
#5 ·
M1chaelR said:
Crunchynut said:
Nice one, two of my main rattles! Was the rattle from the boot more of a cracking noise on rough roads and on a camber etc?
No mate - more a knocking in response to every bump in the road. It wouldn't always do it .... just when the rate of bumping was right!

It's worth just squeezing a duster in the gap temporarily so there's no chance of contact and see if it goes away.
 
#7 ·
M1chaelR said:
Are you also able to post a picture of where you've placed the rubber? Would be appreciated, thanks
I could do but you might lose interest by the time I get round to it! I'll describe it a bit better:-

From where the boot lid is hinged, down to the glass is a plastic panel. The panel just butts up to the glass and it rattles against it. It's quite easy to prize it away from the glass with your fingers. Just insert something in this gap so the plastic doesn't contact the glass.
 
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#8 ·
Crunchynut said:
M1chaelR said:
Are you also able to post a picture of where you've placed the rubber? Would be appreciated, thanks
I could do but you might lose interest by the time I get round to it! I'll describe it a bit better:-

From where the boot lid is hinged, down to the glass is a plastic panel. The panel just butts up to the glass and it rattles against it. It's quite easy to prize it away from the glass with your fingers. Just insert something in this gap so the plastic doesn't contact the glass.
Haha no problem, that's great, thanks. I know the one. Good job I've got a day off tomorrow to have a go at it.
 
#10 ·
M1chaelR said:
Fortunately there's no rattle against the glass for me (hope the car isn't reading this) but I did solve the noise I've been having by adjusting the stops that sit on the plastic discs when the boot is closed.

A little trial and error still required to get the right adjustment but this is the culprit for a creaking/flexing noise from the boot:

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Good that you solved your problem with the rubber buffers,

Just back to the plastic panel - was yours hard against the glass so it couldn't bang, or so far from it it couldn't reach? I'm just interested.
 
#16 ·
I'm glad you're having success with your rattles. Mine rattles from both b pillars and I think from somewhere behind the glovebox, I can't drive it without the radio on as it gets too annoying! The plan is to try and sort them out once the weather improves. It's a pity that the quality control seems so patchy, my previous Focus didn,t have a single rattle after 10 years and 140000 miles.
 
#17 ·
M1chaelR said:
Quick question, did you put the rubber where I have illustrated in the photo?

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Hi,

No not there. You see the LCD display beneath, in my case if you pressed the screen at the top, about 1cm in from the right hand top corner, then the rattling stopped. So, if you squeeze a tiny bit of rubber between the display and the bezel, it stops it. It's a really tight squeeze - I used a thin chemistry spatula to just prize open a tiny gap.
 
#18 ·
Northernsri said:
I'm glad you're having success with your rattles. Mine rattles from both b pillars and I think from somewhere behind the glovebox, I can't drive it without the radio on as it gets too annoying! The plan is to try and sort them out once the weather improves. It's a pity that the quality control seems so patchy, my previous Focus didn,t have a single rattle after 10 years and 140000 miles.
Try changing passangers seatbelt. Makes noises in my car. It sounds like its from behind but its that
 
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#19 ·
Crunchynut said:
M1chaelR said:
Quick question, did you put the rubber where I have illustrated in the photo?

View attachment 1689
Hi,

No not there. You see the LCD display beneath, in my case if you pressed the screen at the top, about 1cm in from the right hand top corner, then the rattling stopped. So, if you squeeze a tiny bit of rubber between the display and the bezel, it stops it. It's a really tight squeeze - I used a thin chemistry spatula to just prize open a tiny gap.
Ok thanks, I think your rattle is different to mine then. The top of the dash, the soft touch plastic is actually making a noise against the top of the plastic of the clocks, around where I've circled.
 
#22 ·
My last car - a 14plate 1 series - also suffered with horrendous noises from the trims all around the car. It's a very common problem on the 1er but when I bought it I didn't know and was surprised that a car from a 'premium' brand would be like that, but it was.
I had hoped the Astra K would be better (my 60plate J didn't suffer from trim rattle at all). So far it's quite good - just some noise from the boot area when going over bumps.
 
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