Dash Rattle

[don moore]

but officer ..I had to go over 70 to make the rattle stop..lol

[nfpgasmask]

Hmmm, my dash just started rattling pretty bad. I don't know where the sound is coming from, but it's freakin annoying. I hope it is something simple because I really don't want to tear into my dash. When sitting at a light parked it was really loud....

Bart

[MSHardeman]

I've noticed a squeak in my dash (not a rattle) and it seems to go away if I press down on the top of the dash right behind the steering wheel. With that totally unscientific test it seems that the squeak is coming from the dash/instrument cluster bezel (dash face) junction. I have a feeling that if I tighten the face down, or take it out and put some strips of foam back there it should stop the squeak.

Not sure if that is your issue, but I know many of us have been in and out of our dashes a lot and the face may be a little loose, so that may be where your rattle/ squeak is coming from.

[nfpgasmask]

Hey Mark,

My sound is more like a rattle or clicking. I just read through a bunch of old "dash rattle" threads, and it sounds like there are a few different possibilities.

I had the heat on full blast on my windshield this morning as it was snowing pretty good and I read somewhere that the blinker mechanism can get too hot and cause the relay to freak out or something. I dunno, I will hopefully figure it out. It's loud enough to hear over the music, so it is pretty damn annoying.

I just really don't want to tear into my dash again, but...

Bart

[MSHardeman]

Bart,

What are you doing to your poor VX? Kidding.

Yeah, I could see how the rattle would be annoying if you can't drown it out with some tunes. So far my squeak isn't too bad, and it really only shows up when I go over bumpy roads, but I want to get it fixed before Moab so I don't go completely stir crazy on the trails.

If you don't get it figured out there is always "Red Rock Wrenching".....if you guys can make it, that is.

EDIT: BART, I just thought about this; does the rattle happen only when your interior fan is running? If so the fan may be out of balance or hitting something in the dash. Every now and then my fan will go out of whack and contact something back in the dash and make a loud, rhythmic ticking/clacking sound (and it is loud enough to be heard over the music). Luckily it goes away, but I may have to get back there and fix it some day. You said that your rattle happened when the heater was going full blast (lucky dog with all the snow) so that's what made me think of it.

[nfpgasmask]

Bart,

What are you doing to your poor VX? Kidding.

Nothing! I take good care of her!!! I think it must have had something to do with the heat being on full blast. I just went to get coffee across the street and the rattle was gone, and I didn't have the heater on.

I did COMPLETELY spin out exiting the parking lot though. I tell ya, in all of my short 33 years of life, I have NEVER driven in slicker conditions than today.

If you don't get it figured out there is always "Red Rock Wrenching".....if you guys can make it, that is.

Unfortunately, it's not in the cards this year.

EDIT: BART, I just thought about this; does the rattle happen only when your interior fan is running? If so the fan may be out of balance or hitting something in the dash. Every now and then my fan will go out of whack and contact something back in the dash and make a loud, rhythmic ticking/clacking sound (and it is loud enough to be heard over the music). Luckily it goes away, but I may have to get back there and fix it some day. You said that your rattle happened when the heater was going full blast (lucky dog with all the snow) so that's what made me think of it.

Yeah, I am thinking it is the fan or the blinker relay...

Thanks!

Bart