10-20-2022, 07:01 PM | #1 |
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Air vent rattle
Guys, this is driving crazy.
Air vent, right side (passenger) is rattling when I'm on bad roads (whether ventilation is on or off). As soon as I put my hands on it, it stops. Anyone has a diy fix for this? I've tried adding some felt/velcro inside so that the horizontal blades are a little tighter, but it didn't change anything… |
10-20-2022, 08:56 PM | #2 | |
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I share your pain sir. It’s maddening. I don’t want to have someone pull the vents without a plan of what to replace. Last edited by ///393; 10-20-2022 at 09:07 PM.. |
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12-05-2022, 03:07 PM | #3 |
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You can easily remove that vent and add felt tape around the trim ring and where it meets the HVAC tubing behind the dash.
Open the passenger door and look at the side of the dash that is normally covered when the door is closed. There is a panel there - use a trim tool to get behind it and remove it ( this might require that you pull the door weather stripping away slightly). Now you should be able to look in that hole and see the vent. Use your hand to push it toward the seat and out of the dash. Apply tesa tape where desired and reinstall using the reverse of the above instructions. It should take you all of 10 minutes. I did this to mine and it helped. |
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I've had this rattle start up in the passenger (righthand side) air vent. It only occurs when the car is cold — now that the mornings are getting colder here in California. After the car has been parked in the sun all day at work, there's no rattle. The car had been essentially rattle-/buzz-free during my nearly two years of ownership. I guess that's pretty good for a 2018 MY car.
This rattle is an annoying one to be sure! Unless the road is perfectly smooth, there's a clicky rattle over every bump and road seam. I'm going to try the felt tape option mentioned above by rllamarca and see how it goes. |
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