Squeaks and Creeks??
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Couple Creaks I have noticed and fixed/tried/trying to fix.
1) This b**** started like a week after I got the car, Glovebox. Figured out that the latch on the left side of the glovebox isn't very tight.
Cheap Fix? Cut some duct tape into thin strips and place them on the bottom of the latch hole where the latch slides over and locks into place. Works pretty well to buffer up the seal.
2) Center console compartment things. The compartments don't sit super tight after a while, i suppose, and the rubber 'cushions' -- for lack of a better word -- aren't enough of a buffer.
Cheap Fix? Get some felt stick ons, and place them under where the rubber 'cusions' meet the plastic. I wasn't sure if it was the top or bottom one that was rattling, so I did both. Doesn't rattle anymore
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3) Drivers side seat belt. Creaks and squeaks a bit when your body moves.
Cheap Fix? I found that it squeaks considerably less when you tighten the bolt at the base of the seatbelt. Just feel the drivers side vs. the passenger side, it's probably way looser.
4) Passenger door handle is loose or something and causing some horrible rattling noise when playing music on the loud side. Really annoying. Going to ask to have it replaced when I go in for service next.
5) Doors + Music = Rattle. Play music loud and find that your doors click, creak and squeak.
Cheap Fix: It's probably different for most people, but i found that most of it in my car was coming from where the inner plastic door moldings meet the metal of the door. Whatever they use in the doors doesn't fill it tight enough or whatever and so it hits the door when it vibrates. I used some glue & rubber washers I had. Placed them in between the moldings and the metal in two or three spots along the plastic molding. Works like a champ for most of the door creaks. There's still some rattle coming from the inside the door, but I don't care enough to deal with that, or have the dealer rip apart my door (horror stories). Maybe one day i'll open it up and throw some foam in there.
6) Passenger seat. Kinda wobbles around slightly and may cause some rattling noise.
Not too sure what can be done about this.
Oh, forgot to add rear SWAYBAR rattling. This means your endlinks are bad, common problem, apparently. So if you start hearing a horrible rattling coming from the rear when you go over bumps and stuff, first take out everything in your trunk (including your spare & jack), and if it still happens, go to the dealer and tell to take a look at your rear swaybar (and tell them you already tried taking everything out of your trunk so they don't waste time doing that like they did for me)
Oh, one more. If you have a GT, sometimes small stuff like paper and what not lands on the floor in the passenger side, and ends up getting sucked into the sub-woofer's ducting (the part where the air goes in and out, put your hand down on the left side of the passenger seat and you can feel the air moving in and out when you have your music up) and causing all kinds of retarded noises when you play your music loud. the only way I could get it out was play my music super loud, move the seat back, and stick my fingers into the sub-woofer's duct. Idk about you guys, but I could only get up to my second knuckle of two of my fingers into that thing, and just had to wait until a really bassy part, and the paper or other object would come rattling down that duct thing and i'd try and grab it. It's really annoying and i've had to do it twice, and I keep having to change different songs with different bass parts to get whatever got in there moving up that duct. I think I'm going to put a small screen over that thing in the future beacuse if a rock or something gets in there and is to heavy for the sub to move it out, but still rattles, I'd be kind-of ****** and would probably have to take the passenger seat out & fiddle with the sub.. not fun.
whew.
1) This b**** started like a week after I got the car, Glovebox. Figured out that the latch on the left side of the glovebox isn't very tight.
Cheap Fix? Cut some duct tape into thin strips and place them on the bottom of the latch hole where the latch slides over and locks into place. Works pretty well to buffer up the seal.
2) Center console compartment things. The compartments don't sit super tight after a while, i suppose, and the rubber 'cushions' -- for lack of a better word -- aren't enough of a buffer.
Cheap Fix? Get some felt stick ons, and place them under where the rubber 'cusions' meet the plastic. I wasn't sure if it was the top or bottom one that was rattling, so I did both. Doesn't rattle anymore
.3) Drivers side seat belt. Creaks and squeaks a bit when your body moves.
Cheap Fix? I found that it squeaks considerably less when you tighten the bolt at the base of the seatbelt. Just feel the drivers side vs. the passenger side, it's probably way looser.
4) Passenger door handle is loose or something and causing some horrible rattling noise when playing music on the loud side. Really annoying. Going to ask to have it replaced when I go in for service next.
5) Doors + Music = Rattle. Play music loud and find that your doors click, creak and squeak.
Cheap Fix: It's probably different for most people, but i found that most of it in my car was coming from where the inner plastic door moldings meet the metal of the door. Whatever they use in the doors doesn't fill it tight enough or whatever and so it hits the door when it vibrates. I used some glue & rubber washers I had. Placed them in between the moldings and the metal in two or three spots along the plastic molding. Works like a champ for most of the door creaks. There's still some rattle coming from the inside the door, but I don't care enough to deal with that, or have the dealer rip apart my door (horror stories). Maybe one day i'll open it up and throw some foam in there.
6) Passenger seat. Kinda wobbles around slightly and may cause some rattling noise.
Not too sure what can be done about this.
Oh, forgot to add rear SWAYBAR rattling. This means your endlinks are bad, common problem, apparently. So if you start hearing a horrible rattling coming from the rear when you go over bumps and stuff, first take out everything in your trunk (including your spare & jack), and if it still happens, go to the dealer and tell to take a look at your rear swaybar (and tell them you already tried taking everything out of your trunk so they don't waste time doing that like they did for me)
Oh, one more
. If you have a GT, sometimes small stuff like paper and what not lands on the floor in the passenger side, and ends up getting sucked into the sub-woofer's ducting (the part where the air goes in and out, put your hand down on the left side of the passenger seat and you can feel the air moving in and out when you have your music up) and causing all kinds of retarded noises when you play your music loud. the only way I could get it out was play my music super loud, move the seat back, and stick my fingers into the sub-woofer's duct. Idk about you guys, but I could only get up to my second knuckle of two of my fingers into that thing, and just had to wait until a really bassy part, and the paper or other object would come rattling down that duct thing and i'd try and grab it. It's really annoying and i've had to do it twice, and I keep having to change different songs with different bass parts to get whatever got in there moving up that duct. I think I'm going to put a small screen over that thing in the future beacuse if a rock or something gets in there and is to heavy for the sub to move it out, but still rattles, I'd be kind-of ****** and would probably have to take the passenger seat out & fiddle with the sub.. not fun.whew.
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- 2010 Mazda CX-9 GT Dolphin Gray
Exactly how old is your car?
Sounds like you need to take a trip to the dealer. I have none of those creaks. Even the notorious seatbelt creak hasn't vexed me.
Couple Creaks I have noticed and fixed/tried/trying to fix.
1) This b**** started like a week after I got the car, Glovebox. Figured out that the latch on the left side of the glovebox isn't very tight.
Cheap Fix? Cut some duct tape into thin strips and place them on the bottom of the latch hole where the latch slides over and locks into place. Works pretty well to buffer up the seal.
2) Center console compartment things. The compartments don't sit super tight after a while, i suppose, and the rubber 'cushions' -- for lack of a better word -- aren't enough of a buffer.
Cheap Fix? Get some felt stick ons, and place them under where the rubber 'cusions' meet the plastic. I wasn't sure if it was the top or bottom one that was rattling, so I did both. Doesn't rattle anymore
3) Drivers side seat belt. Creaks and squeaks a bit when your body moves.
Cheap Fix? I found that it squeaks considerably less when you tighten the bolt at the base of the seatbelt. Just feel the drivers side vs. the passenger side, it's probably way looser.
4) Passenger door handle is loose or something and causing some horrible rattling noise when playing music on the loud side. Really annoying. Going to ask to have it replaced when I go in for service next.
5) Doors + Music = Rattle. Play music loud and find that your doors click, creak and squeak.
Cheap Fix: It's probably different for most people, but i found that most of it in my car was coming from where the inner plastic door moldings meet the metal of the door. Whatever they use in the doors doesn't fill it tight enough or whatever and so it hits the door when it vibrates. I used some glue & rubber washers I had. Placed them in between the moldings and the metal in two or three spots along the plastic molding. Works like a champ for most of the door creaks. There's still some rattle coming from the inside the door, but I don't care enough to deal with that, or have the dealer rip apart my door (horror stories). Maybe one day i'll open it up and throw some foam in there.
6) Passenger seat. Kinda wobbles around slightly and may cause some rattling noise.
Not too sure what can be done about this.
Oh, forgot to add rear SWAYBAR rattling. This means your endlinks are bad, common problem, apparently. So if you start hearing a horrible rattling coming from the rear when you go over bumps and stuff, first take out everything in your trunk (including your spare & jack), and if it still happens, go to the dealer and tell to take a look at your rear swaybar (and tell them you already tried taking everything out of your trunk so they don't waste time doing that like they did for me)
Oh, one more
whew.
Sounds like you need to take a trip to the dealer. I have none of those creaks. Even the notorious seatbelt creak hasn't vexed me.
Will they replace that stuff? I always thought they'd give me the "that's normal" s***, like they did with my front suspension and send me on my way.
I pray to god this glovebox rattling tip works. Other than the cowl creek, it is brutal! I find myself opening and slamming it shut every couple minutes how annoying it is.
Passenger tweeter is ******* balls. Just want to rip it out! But thanks to Bose, their system is so ****** up that can't be done! (so I've heard)
SUMMER, WHERE ART THOU?!
Passenger tweeter is ******* balls. Just want to rip it out! But thanks to Bose, their system is so ****** up that can't be done! (so I've heard)
SUMMER, WHERE ART THOU?!
I had a squeak that sounded metallic that the dealership couldn't find. It wouldn't squeak all the time. I found out after cleaning my Mazdaspeed CAI that one of the welds on the splash shield band that centers the shield over the air filter had broken. The band is rubbing on the metal shield. I pulled the band off and no more squeak.
FrancoNemo
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- 2010 MS3
im having the same problem with my 3... it comes from the drivers seat it so annoyin it makes me feel like im back in my integra again.... dats bs. any idea on how 2 get rid of it w/out havin to go to the dealer..
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- 2010 Mazda CX-9 GT Dolphin Gray
Depends how good your dealer is...
...my dealer seems to always find and fix all these problems for me. Lucky I guess.
...my dealer seems to always find and fix all these problems for me. Lucky I guess.
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- 2021 3 AWD 2.5T
I have the window rattle and the drivers side seat belt squeak..
