Interior noises - Touring FWD
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Does anyone know how to get the cowl panel off so that I can get at the fixing bolts? Those fasteners that look like black screws holding the panel in place are not screws, and aside from breaking off the heads I don't know how to get them off. (shrug)
I Did the tightening of the bolts on mine this evening. Several were fairly loose.
The trick with the clips is to turn the screw head just a bit. Turning it causes the center part to pop up some and then you can pry it a bit more up and then the whole clip releases.
The hard part there is on several of mine when I tried to turn the screw head the entire clip turned. So I had to hold the outside of the clip in place and then turn the inside. Some popped right up and others still needed a little prying after. They only come up a little bit but that is enough to stop them from spreading the bottom part of the clip so they will slide out.
Trevor
OEM Mazda CX5 Accessories
The trick with the clips is to turn the screw head just a bit. Turning it causes the center part to pop up some and then you can pry it a bit more up and then the whole clip releases.
The hard part there is on several of mine when I tried to turn the screw head the entire clip turned. So I had to hold the outside of the clip in place and then turn the inside. Some popped right up and others still needed a little prying after. They only come up a little bit but that is enough to stop them from spreading the bottom part of the clip so they will slide out.
Trevor
OEM Mazda CX5 Accessories
I did it and for a couple of the screw fasteners I could not get the head to turn so I just pried the fastner itself up. It did not dammage the fastner much and I was able to reuse without replacing them. It is best to get the inside head to pop up but you can pry the entire thing off if you have to....
Where were the tightening blot in your car?
I'm also hearing a rattle coming from the dash, it actually stops when my girlfriend pushes on the fake wood (she needs to press close to the radio).
Very, very annoying.
I'm going to the dealer in 2 weeks so I'll ask him to check it out, hopefully he can fix it it's unbearable and we have a long trip coming before going to the dealership.
Strange thing is it started only when the weather got colder, never had a problem from August to end of October.
Very, very annoying.
I'm going to the dealer in 2 weeks so I'll ask him to check it out, hopefully he can fix it it's unbearable and we have a long trip coming before going to the dealership.
Strange thing is it started only when the weather got colder, never had a problem from August to end of October.
Plastics get stiffer in the cold weather so they don't flex with movement as easily and things may even shrink a bit causing more gap and thus more room for things to move and rattle.
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the ones under the plastic cowl cover referenced in the TSB in post #5
crenninger
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- CX5 GT AWD
yes - can also hear it at idle...
and the rattles mentioned here - I'll check the bolts and see about that.
I finally got around to tightening the bolts under the cowl. All 6 of them were very loose considering that I was able to turn each bolt several times before they were properly torqued. So far the rattle has not returned. Fingers crossed that it stays that way.
I got a new plastic rattle noise coming from the center console. I found a thread here in the forum about how to remove the center console and the noise that I'm hearing is in the exact same area where the screwdriver is on the picture below (not my pic):
If I put my hand on that side of the center console the plastic rattle goes away and as soon as I remove it is back.
Would probably take that piece off and see if there's something that i can find that could be causing the problem but I wanted to know if somebody had seen this issue.
Thanks
If I put my hand on that side of the center console the plastic rattle goes away and as soon as I remove it is back.
Would probably take that piece off and see if there's something that i can find that could be causing the problem but I wanted to know if somebody had seen this issue.
Thanks
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I got a new plastic rattle noise coming from the center console. I found a thread here in the forum about how to remove the center console and the noise that I'm seeing is in the exact same area where the screwdriver is on the picture below (not my pic):
If I put my hand on that side of the center console the plastic rattle goes away and as soon as I remove it is back.
Would probably take that piece off and see if there something that i can find that could be causing the problem but I wanted to know if somebody had seen this issue.
Thanks
I have the same issue. Cracking noise from right side of the console. It is quite loud and very annoying. I am planning on working on this myself once it gets a little warmer.
The cracking occurs in about 40F and below. Once it gets warmer it disappears.
If I hold it with my hand, the noise stops.
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- 2023 CX-5 Premium; 2018 Mazda 3 GT hatch
Unfortunately, this seems to be a common theme here with the CX-5. Lots of intersecting plastic panels on the interior make for plenty of noise opportunity as the ambient air temp drops. By and large, I think we're just going to have to get used to it!
But pretty much all cars interiors are mostly plastic and snap together anymore. Even the 'soft touch' materials have hard plastic underneath.
From what I've seen it is a lack of added material between the surfaces. There needs to be more material lining the areas where the parts connect. I've had good luck squeezing in little pieces of friction tape between the parts to stop the noises.
I've got pictures from my latest rattle to post later where they clearly skimped on the padding and adding my favorite friction tape stopped it. It does get a bit annoying, my Tacoma rattled like a child's toy but it was well under half the price of the CX5 so I figured it wasn't too unexpected.
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- 2023 CX-5 Premium; 2018 Mazda 3 GT hatch
Neither my wife's '06 Miata or my old '07 Frontier king cab p/u had the sheer number of squeeks/rattles/buzzes I have heard in this CX-5 in the last 4 months. I kind of write it off to early production development issues and the sheer expanse of plastic in the interior compared to those smaller cabins. BTW: what is "friction tape"?
My roll of tape is so old I think that was what it was called, it is a somewhat rough cloth type tape and looks about the same as this:
The stuff I have isn't really sticky but that might just be that it is so old, there's a possibility I may have inherited this roll. But I find cutting off little pieces of it to put between the offending materials really helps and you can fold it over for more thickness.
I also used a little bit of it inside the center console to keep the tray from sliding.
That's what I figure the issue is with it being a new model, and somewhat expected when you jump early. But I love the way it drives and the mpg so it has been worth it for the last year worth of driving. I also think if my CX5 were as loud on the road as my old Tacoma I wouldn't hear most of the noises it makes.
The stuff I have isn't really sticky but that might just be that it is so old, there's a possibility I may have inherited this roll. But I find cutting off little pieces of it to put between the offending materials really helps and you can fold it over for more thickness.
I also used a little bit of it inside the center console to keep the tray from sliding.
That's what I figure the issue is with it being a new model, and somewhat expected when you jump early. But I love the way it drives and the mpg so it has been worth it for the last year worth of driving. I also think if my CX5 were as loud on the road as my old Tacoma I wouldn't hear most of the noises it makes.
I got a new plastic rattle noise coming from the center console. I found a thread here in the forum about how to remove the center console and the noise that I'm hearing is in the exact same area where the screwdriver is on the picture below (not my pic):
If I put my hand on that side of the center console the plastic rattle goes away and as soon as I remove it is back.
Would probably take that piece off and see if there's something that i can find that could be causing the problem but I wanted to know if somebody had seen this issue.
Thanks
I have the same noise. The noise stops when I hold my hand on the side of the console. The noise isn't that loud tho.
