Dashboard rattle

jakeandco1958 Commited Dubber

51 posts · joined Aug 2012 · 30 Jun 2015, 9:54 pm

#1015920

My 71 bug has an annoyong rattle that sounds like it's coming from the drivers side dash near the window. I've tried to touch the area and put pressure on the dash the window and door to see if I could locate it. Anyone have any ideas?

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 30 Jun 2015, 10:10 pm

#1015922

I had a similar problem but the other side.. I think it might have been the wiper arm loose or something like that.. ❓

waltermitty Legend when my beer goggles are on

1,993 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 30 Jun 2015, 10:24 pm

#1015923

what only one rattle?? Be grateful. Mitchell

23 windows ...8 too many!

oldskoolguy Officially Full-On Dubber

329 posts · joined Sep 2011 · 1 Jul 2015, 10:07 am

#1015926

jakeandco1958 wrote:My 71 bug has an annoying rattle that sounds like it's coming from the drivers side dash near the window. I've tried to touch the area and put pressure on the dash the window and door to see if I could locate it. Anyone have any ideas?

I had a similar rattle, turns out it's the movement in the bottom door hinge. It only happens when the door is closed. I packed the hinge with a galvanised steel plate, realigned the door, and it went. The sound travels in the car and it's hard to locate. I found out by accident by opening the door when I was driving down a bumpy road.
Rob .

"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI

oldskoolguy Officially Full-On Dubber

329 posts · joined Sep 2011 · 2 Jul 2015, 6:55 pm

#1015988

Forgot to add, in my efforts to find a rattle, I used my old mobile phone's video function and stuck it in places where noises were (like under the front hood, facing towards all the gubbins in the dash) with a torch, while driving around. There are one or two things that make noises there!

"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI

jakeandco1958 Commited Dubber

51 posts · joined Aug 2012 · 2 Jul 2015, 11:53 pm

#1016007

Thanks I'll give it a go