Is250 Vibrations And Rattles

ahmed24 · January 24, 2008

I got my car back from Lexus dealer after a service and had them sort out all the vibrations and rattles. There were alot of vibrations specially when engine cold. These vibrations and rattles have now been rectified. The car was with lexus for a week, they had to take out the dash and things.

However, it seems to have developed a new rattle thats really weired, and I'm wondering if anyone can help. Basically when i drive over rough roads i get a really bad rattle that always sounds like its coming from my door compartment. In the begining i thought it was because i had a few things in there, but after taking them all out it still exists. Only now I have actually identified that the noise is not actually coming from the door. The noise seems to be coming from just under the where the Shade and other switches are. When this rattling noise happens, if I actually hold the dash just under the switches pressed upwards towards the switches, the noise disappears until i let go.

I'm suspecting it might be some wires or something. Can anyone please tell me if there is any easy way to get acess to behind those switches and just underneath the switches?

Many thanks for all your help

Matus · January 24, 2008

you can get there from the side. open the door and remove the side panel. Use a bit of strenght, the cover is hold by clips.

ahmed24 · January 24, 2008

you can get there from the side. open the door and remove the side panel. Use a bit of strenght, the cover is hold by clips.

thanks i'll give that a try. do i have to use anything to pop the side cover out or anything or is the hand sufficient?

Northern Boys Luv Gravy · January 24, 2008

I had a rattle that seemed to come from the driver's door and it turned out to be the seat rattle that there is an easy dealer fix for. Took about 45mins.

Matus · January 24, 2008

you can get there from the side. open the door and remove the side panel. Use a bit of strenght, the cover is hold by clips.

thanks i'll give that a try. do i have to use anything to pop the side cover out or anything or is the hand sufficient?

no tools, just fingers

ahmed24 · January 27, 2008

Thanks for that info Matus. I managed to open the side panel and checked. theres not really much at the back and on top of the shade button except some wires but they seem quite high enough but I suppose there may be a chance that it could be that, so I might get some sound proofing sponge and stuff some in there to see if it helps.

I did however notice something else that seems really strange to me and I would appreciate if you guys can look at your IS 250 and see if you have the similar issue. Basically there is a plastic cover thats just above the pedals which covers the OBD II interface and things. That plastic cover on my car just seems to be very loose and its something that you can wobble about alot. Is this normal or have Lexus messed something up during the rattle fix?

Would appreciate all your input many thanks in advance

ahmed24 · January 28, 2008

anyone?

Mincey · January 28, 2008

anyone?

Ahmed,

Just been upside down under my pedals. A picture says 1000 words, so in my IS250, the only wobbly bit near the pedals is in the first photo. It's the thing which looks like a double ended 90 degree vent between what I'm assuming is the footbrake cable and what I think is the steering column. Everything else feels tight.

Hope this helps. It was blooming cold out there otherwise I'd have taken more pics. If you need any more help let me know.

ahmed24 · January 28, 2008

Thanks alot Mincey. So it must be something that Lexus have done? speically seen as your one is fitted quite tight. With mine I noticed that the entire plastic "cover" under the steering wheel area is totally lose. Strange thing is that i couldnt see where it clipped anywhere. There are a few screws and things but they all seem to be in place. If you look at your second pic, you see on the right hand side of that pic there is a big white area which for a moment looked to me like a fusebox or something. When i actually push my plasic cover up to that it feels like it can go and sit in there but it just doesnt hold. It comes straight down again.

I'm wondering if there is an easy fix to this or do I have to book it in to Lexus again?