Please help rattle driving me mad

scoobysn7x · October 27, 2016

I have a really annoy rattle coming from the drivers side of the car, originally I thought it was the rear grab handle rattling about, or the seat belt height adjuster area. I took the rear grab handle off today to see if that sorted the noise, but unfortunately it didnt. So I tried holding the seat belt level adjuster in place so it couldnt move, but the rattle is still there. So I'm not sure it's that either. Most annoying thing is when the car is not moving I cant replicate the noise to see where its coming from, but its definately for the drivers side between doors or just to the rear. Does any one have any suggestions/solutions

Brechin Slate · October 27, 2016

I had something similar on the drivers side not long after I bought my car. I took off the door card and looked inside, nothing, taped things down, no better. Checked the door seals and sprayed them with silicone lube, no better. In the end I deduced it was the door itself moving ever so slightly and that the rattle was coming from the catch and striker plate, well, actually a U shaped chrome bar. As a proof of concept, I took some silver gaffer tape and wrapped the striker ring, just a few turns, enough to take up about 1-2mm of play. Result, perfect, silence once again. Hope it works for you.

normski2 · October 27, 2016

There was talk..some years back ....of a known rattle emanating from within the door pillar between the seats. AFAIK it was solved by removing the centre pillar trim and tapping together some of the wiring to stop 'slap' against the trim or other parts. Maybe a bit of wadding in there may do the trick.

Might be worth checking here if the one above doesn't prove the cure.

Verbout · October 27, 2016

Another theory was the door catch rattling on the "U" lock on the door jam.

The remedy as to apply masking tape to the U lock to make it fatter therefore stopping the door lock rattle.

Brechin Slate · October 27, 2016

Verbout, erm, isn't that what I said??

Verbout · October 27, 2016

40 minutes ago, Brechin Slate said:

Verbout, erm, isn't that what I said??

Sorry, missed that. ZZZZZzzzzzzzzz

scoobysn7x · October 28, 2016

Thanks for all the replies, did the door catch trick and it did reduce the noise slightly but its still there :-(, I did some fiddling and with the seat belt on the lowest level the noise virtually dissappears, the only issue with this is that is not comfortable to have the belt that low :-(. Im going to try wedging some foam in as I think the rattle is defo from there. How easy is it to take the B pillar trim off?