NE1 hearing any intermittent rattle coming from center instrument gauge area?

yup. I learned to turn the radio up

The xB has a dash Rattle also.

I hear it too, I keep telling myself it's the needles in the instrument cluster and there's nothing i can do about it, so I crank the stereo until I can't hear it anymore :)

i'd say take it in for the tsb but it takes hours and the techs have been known to break things and make it worse in the long run.

here's a shot in the dark.... b/c i know this is the only dash rattle in mine. Is there anything in your ashtray? I have a few lucky coins in the ashtray and when it is closed, they rattle with no end in sight. If I open the tray about halfway, the rattle stops.

I have the rattle too, and it's not the ash tray. . . it sounds more like a gentle vibrating buzz, than a rattle, as it isn't all too loud, and is rather fast in speed. It worsens if I accelerate hard. . .

It doesn't bother me too much tho, as most other cars twice the price do not fare as well.

My xA has only about 250 miles on it. There isn't any rattle anywhere.
John A

My xA has only about 250 miles on it. There isn't any rattle anywhere.
John A
knock on wood my friend . KNOCK ON WOOD!!!!

I have the rattle too, and it's not the ash tray. . . it sounds more like a gentle vibrating buzz, than a rattle, as it isn't all too loud, and is rather fast in speed. It worsens if I accelerate hard. . .

It doesn't bother me too much tho, as most other cars twice the price do not fare as well.

thats a good description of it. On the xB we have a buzzing on the left side of the dashboard. On the xA it seems to come from the speedo cluster area.

i'd say take it in for the tsb but it takes hours and the techs have been known to break things and make it worse in the long run.

There's a TSB for the rattle? I haven't heard anything, but then again none of my close friends (with Scions) has complained about it...

Yup same here...somewhere at or near the speedo area. I thought at first the mirror but guess not. Tried tabbing on the surrounding dash pieces but no luck, and I am thinking it's something inside. Maybe someday I will have to pop the gauge surrounding piece and go from there.

the sound is coming from the center of the dash, I had it for some time, took it in, had 3 service managers drive with me and they finally, they hear the sound, took the dash apart, added some insulation and padding and felt, sounds purring now, but other stuff's loose, its a lost cause, unless you really pad the entire dash,

To all those who have noticed this rattle/buzzing coming from the center of the dash. I had this from the day I picked up my RS 1.0. Took back to the dealer who isolated it to the vent cover between the windshield and instrument pod. Service department tried to fix with padding but didn't work. They ended up ordering replacement vent cover (no cost to me). After they replaced the part, haven't heard a sound. (Wonder if there may a design flaw or simply a bad batch which was manufactured).

i have it in mine too..

mine does it when i speed up from a dead stop nice little buzzing sound too around the gauge cluster but i'm getting use to it

Yep, mine does it too.

Anyone know if Scion has found a real fix to this yet,? Mine seems to be getting worse but the dealer can't find any noise when they try.

i have an xb,and i found my rattle in the l/h side of dash was coming from the left lower cubby in front of fuse box,pull up on it when you are hearing your rattle,worked for me,i hunted everywhere and that was it.now i have to figure how to shim it to stop it.

i used to have it but i took apart my dash one day and it hasnt done it since. thats my one gripe about the xB, not enough deadner in this vehicle. i cant complain too much though because there are a lot of great features for 14K. i guess i cant expect lexus quality with kia price :D

i did find a new rattle but then again it did stop

it was at the very far left corner right next to the windsheald lotta sounds to get use to :roll:

mine rattle at around 4k or so :shock:

mine rattles when im going 120 mph.... is that normal??

^ when it starts rattling at 120 for me i just back down to 115 or so :wink:

120mph.. in a box.. scary :lol:

haha very scary. in all honesty the fastest ive been is 105 on an empty interstate between Lincoln and Kearney. it was quite fast enough for me. i was heading into the wind so 105 was the top i could get. once i hit it though i backed down to 80-85

<-----------120mph with the steering wheel shaking... talk about scary. never again

lol, yeah when that steering wheels starts trembling, you better back down. who knows what will happen at that point. dont want to get caught popping the steering wheel off.

was it shaking vibrating or shaking like it was trying to turn left & right at the same time?

My cluster rattles at about 3K RPM every time the tach hits that high, its a vibration from the motor... the TSB on it is simply put felt between the rattling pieces..

ashe thats bad alignment. too much toe.

I had this TSB NV007-03 done on my car last week, and it took the noises out of the dash. It's for 2004 xA models only, and is a wind noise kit and a "noise kit". This includes a rear seat adjustment, rear bumper clips and sealer, as well as the felt installation for the side air registers.

It Works.

Now for that tonneu cover that acts up when closed...

I found that my rattle is from the tach. It occurs between 2200 and 4000 rpm. When I am driving at speed, with the rpms in this range and depress the clutch, the sound goes away immediately. Are others having this problem?

well i set up my appt. for 01/31(monday) for the dash rattle, the lovely gas pump turning off and the a/c not being cold enough

hope it doesn't take too long i want a loner car http://www.scionlife.com/forums/images/avatars/178326963741e2e6b42af9f.gif

I was freaking out that i had bad luck and my car was one with the problems. I can relate to all of you also, my center console is rateling too. I'm also wondering, but has anybody else been gettin some air leaks in there drive side door. When i'm driving i can hear the air leaking in and it's getting really annoying. Lemme know, but now that ive found something in the forum about the rattle i'm finally gonna take my car in. ANd lucky for me i'm taking it in this weekend since i'll be in vegas.

Oh yea, i jus noticed the last reply and i'm also not getting very cold a/c. It'll get cold but it takes too freaking long for it to happen. I love my car, but dayum, it's got too many minor problems.