How To Find and Fix Dashboard Noises 

Me too, I freakin hate it!!

Me too! I even tell myself not to think about it but it doesn't work!

I solved it by listening to heavy metal.

@@intellectracoon Hahha, yes. Doesn't even have to be loud, just enough for it to hide those things. Modern car cancer; complex dashboards with millions of parts and randomly something will start rattling and you feel that your luxury car is some old garbage.

hahahahahaha me too. just turn up the radio and no more noise.

Lol

Usually works, my Tacoma has a rattle as a result of bass coming from the speakers, the Window switch and door lock module vibrates like a mofo especially when the volume is cranked. My temp fix is to rest my knee against the door panel. gonna look for these pads.

karebu2 lol

Hahaha same as me

Metal screws into plastic parts not a great idea, either the plastic breaks or the thread wears.Metal to metal is better.

philip parker He said the parts were metal and screwed together with metal screws. Dont you fken read?

The car would weigh and cost a whole lot more, that's why there's so much plastic in everything. It's cheap and does the job.

I hear ya, my OCD is on high right now as I have a squeaky airbag cover on the passenger side of my new truck.

Yeah, "Buy a Toyota, you won't HAVE that problem!". I subscribe to Eric C, Eric O and Ivan... I do not subscribe to Scotty.

I listened to Scotty and got my mom a corolla. Although it's been reliable, it's uncomfortable, and the interior is all plastic and cheap!

I didn't listen to Scotty, bought a Ford. Dash and console has genuine fake burled wood, and 12 years later and 145K+ miles does not have 1 single squeak or rattle (if you don't count the worn stabilizer links that knock a bit. Not as bad as the dreaded "Eric is stuck in the trunk" sound and I am sure Toyota has stabilizer links too.

toyotas and Mitsubishi's are notorious for plastic sounds when driving. fords not so much, except the rear tailgate of the ford escape, but solved that problem by putting some foam between the plastic and the metal in the tailgate

when buying a toyota you are paying for the engine quality not interior. if you want a less noisy interior get a lexus.

'Dat Skyline though!

suh Brandon

Dell0304 hai dood

This is perfect

funny shit man!

It can.

That's one way to fix it I suppose.

That is the get a bigger hammer method of repair.

Bahahahhhaaaaa cracked me up

...imagine the _smell_

+HUBBABUBBA DOOPYDOOP imagine the bacon potential.

Yup, definitely not as good as it used to be. But that goes for all the Japanese manufacturers.

not made in japan friend

not designed in Japan domestic.

+CARS LOVER The Honda accord hasn't ever been made in Japan but it was also a great car only until recently. It's the quality of the plastics, suppliers and the bean counting over engineering that brought down the quality.

I'm a Toyota man through and through but I agree. Their quality is just shit these days. I've had my dash replaced in my 2006 Prado because of cracking. Don't get me wrong, their cars are brilliant and reliable but just not as good as they used to be

I once fantasized about having the James Bond ejector seat during one particularly crappy argument with my wife as we went down the road. I even pantomimed pushing the button and told her what I was doing. Wrong move.

Hahahahahahahaha

Lol

Toyota fanboy?

But if one of them produced a completely quiet car they would be a top seller. My Berlingo is a fine car but it drives me insane if I drive on any rough surface. That`s why I am looking here for ideas.

Amesie! Love your vids too!

love your channel too amesie!

I also linked some in the description.

Felt pads and cabinet bumpers can work too, something like these: www.homedepot.com/b/Search/N-5yc1vZc2h6/Ntk-Extended/Ntt-felt+pad?Ntx=mode+matchpartialmax&NCNI-5 or www.homedepot.com/s/cabinet%20bumpers?NCNI-5

another possibility if you dont want to wait for anything to come in the mail, or spend a lot. the like sticky foam animals used for kids crafts are great as well. they are pretty thin, but they stack well. i spent £1 on a whole pack that i haven't even used a quarter of.

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Absolutely, dealers are useless when it comes to fixing rattles. Need to look for a specialist.

my first thought 🤔

_What could possibly go wrong?_ :)-

Deathlok67 I'm sure it will be all right, Just do it! x)

Lol, and pray your heater coil never goes out on you...

I hope you ain’t serious

Hope he is enjoying the new car. !

I know, right. I'd have kept them both.

Not everyone can afford the insurance and license fee for two cars and has a place to park two cars.

Brian drives from Kentucky to work with Eric and feeding a V8 engine can get very expensive. How much rust and how many miles did the truck have, we don't know?

Yea, it's tough, but man you gotta love those Toyotas.

As if your national modern cars aren't, give it a break. All modern cars are plastic land mines. Unless you car is hand fitted, hand made, you shouldn't talk. And given you're on RU-vid, i doubt it is. Otherwise you'd not have time to type or watch. You'd be tinkering.

"All modern cars are plastic land mines." *Agreed* " Unless you car is hand fitted, hand made, you shouldn't talk" *Mine is* "Otherwise you'd not have time to type or watch" *I still watch* "You'd be tinkering" *I always am, this is tinkering for my mind*

I couldnt agree with this more. I had a Honda Prelude and the interior was very nice in terms of quality. It was simple but well put together. Currently I am driving a lexus sc300 and again, the quality is excellent. I love the way that interior looks and feels.

Adam Richardson You sir have a point. Old Japanese cars don't have this problem. I was however thinking about the kind of Japanese cars you see regularly around the globe. Except for 90s Hilux and Land Cruiser which will be rolling forever just a like a W123 Merc.

slashbashin These two are old designs.

Drag slicks.

ear plugs

a 2019 civic is is rattling everywhere? I'd be pissed. but it seems every new car is now plastic and clips everywhere to reduce weight. My 2016 wrx is also rattling every stinking where.

Ayeron T Diep Have you tried turning it off and on again?

George Parker sameeee. It’s so annoying

George Parker is

George Parker on

dum dum works wonders but it gets really soft in the heat and its a bitch to clean off. I had a back window replaced once they used dum dum because the broke a panel clip, I made them replace the panel I did a stop pay on the cheek until they fixed it. the window also leaked. Your smart if you do not pay cash but a charge card or some way to stop payment some shops do not fix there mistakes. I've worked on cars for a very long time it happens I didn't make many but I've made my fair share. You learn from it and fix it the right way be honest people will respect that. If you try and hide the fact you've lost a customer for life and the 30 people he tells about it. I've had to have 3-4 windows replaced since that never once went back to them even for a quote. That is not how I work and I don't expect to be treated that way either. If I take a car apart and find a missing bolt hole I'll put the bolt back in when I put it back together like it should be. I've seen installer leave knee bolster panels off because they were to lazy to put it back on, this is a safety crash part if that guy ever wrecks that truck he will eat the whole steering column and die because the installer didn't take 5 min to put the car back together correctly. You can not take shortcuts working on cars. If I had a car or truck come in the shop like that I'd tell the guy and make him park it until it was repaired properly. Dealership work on flag time, the job is rated at avg hours to do that job some guys get really good at doing that one thing, but some take shortcuts doing it so its fast and they get paid more money by doing it in 1/2 the time and do more jobs a day, Seriously anytime you clock a salary like that your going to have bad work done Its stupid. But this is how dealership's do work, some guys take pride and some are just there to get money and pay for that lakehouse and motorboat. It gets stuff done faster but it also leads to sloppy work done. This is what he was talking about no one else would take on this kind of job, you do not make as much money off it. Its hourly work not flag time. This is also why you take your car in because the battery keeps going dead and they guy replaces your alternator that works properly because you always have a radar detector plugged in and turned on draining the battery. So that 350 dollar repair bill did not fix the problem. Lets change 15 other things that won't fix it either. If that's the case find a better dealership to work on your cars and don't go back to that one.

snoopdogie187 my 2014 Nissan Versa Note has at least 4 screws in dashboard.

snoopdogie187 they know screws are better but they care more about decoration and production time.

I believe, the problem is in deforming the material slightly with time and varying temperature. new cars are quite. I used a new car in super hot places for few years. then I noticed pieces of felt are falling of the dashboard. they turned to dust when I touch them, in few months squeaking started. so, I believe deforming and loosing these felt spacers are behind the bad music.

ive had half my dash apart coming down the interstate trying to find an fn rattle...

Honda is just as bad sadly.. It's sad.

+SeverdSeouL hell no Honda is amazing. They just keel getting better. Hondas made from 2011-2013 are shit though.

Keep*

It seems like Subaru, Ford and Volkwagon are having simular issues too. I have 2012 focus that rattles in 3 places.

Mexico has crappy Quality Control

Great tip. I have some rattling pieces on my pajero.

@@intellectracoon yeah seems like all the pajeros have a similar problem. My dads Pajero sport has the most annoying rattle right where the radio sits

Rubber will fall apart after a few years in the heat from the sun.

Ussually i see trip pieces where the plastic clips that hold on to something are wrapped in a fiber type material to reduce or eliminate noise.

+heyitschinoable Its pretty much like arts and crafts felt material.

My uncle has owned six in a row, mainly Yaris but also Corolla and Starlet. His experience has been one of trouble free driving and rarely having new parts fitted. This is in England (UK) where the roads are uneven and full of pot holes.

Suboptimus Lime Oh right I did not know that. I wonder if the ones recommended by people like Scotty Kilmer on RU-vid, were imported models into the USA / Canada?

Suboptimus Lime Wow I never realised he advocated doing things like compression fittings on brake lines. Also welding is quite a skill to do properly, as is paint spraying. Hmmm.....thanks for the heads up.

+EgoShredder Try Indiana. Horrible roads.

had a 94 Corolla Le. definitely agree with this. it says something when 90s Corollas and civics start outlasting their newer counterparts.

Özgün Demir Ford and Opel are not better lol

Kevin Davis Have you tried turning it off and on again?

My dad has a toyota, muffler heat shields went loose, made so much rattles that it was embarrasing to drive that car around, then they disintegrated and it went quiet again. Interior pieces fall apart, everything unclips, you open a storage bin, it falls out completely. And the car was only 4 years old, never again.

I can say that to any car today outside of hand made units. So branding ain't got nothing to do with it. If you want to blame anyone blame people who decide to get in a car and say "eh, fuck it, i'll buy this plastic town".

=Lexus?

have a rav4, 4 years old, 40K miles and it is a nightmare. there is a high pitched noise coming from the back seats, another noise which I think comes from the doors, another noise from the dashboard too. I am hoping to sell it soon. the funny thing is that no one wants to buy it. I have tried other brands and they do not have that kind of problems. and if you add all the super special fluids those stupid cars need that are so expensive. this is the first and last time for me.

Says the Maxima guy. Nissan quality has been pure junk since 2000. They are the Dodge of Japanese cars. We bought a brand new 2001 Sentra. By the time it hit only 60K miles we had already replaced the leaking radiator, A/c condenser, 2 oxygen sensors, rear wheel hub assembly, front driver window regulator and the glove box door fell off. That's Nissan quality for you. Don't even get me started on their CVT transmissions... pure garbage.

Maybe you have unbalanced wheels

if you have a rain visor on the door it could be it.

don't go over 79

liew yung the car is new 2015

JayVan Geli no I don't have