Okay guys, I'm getting nervous. I've made up my mind to sell my truck and buy an xA. One of the main reasons I decided to go with a Scion is Toyota's great reputation for quality. I figured that if I'm going to give up my truck (which has been a great vehicle) to go with a small economy car, I at least wanted a well-built car. My 2000 Silverado has been rock-solid with no squeeks or rattles at all. I was hoping for the same with the Scion, but now I've been reading some real horror stories on here about the tc's. Has anyone been getting that crap with the xA's?

 

Nope not a rattle, creak or squeek

 

I have rattles in my driver door accent panel. I got it fixed once, gonna get it fixed again soon. Also, there's rattle somewhere in the dash...

 

I had a Squeek on my driver side door where I forgot to lock the panel back in all the way. other than that nothing. and i got over 3-5 RRXings to and from work every day.

 

That brings up a good point too. I wonder how many people who get rattles, have taken their cars apart to do mods.
Like I said, most of the problems I read were with the tc. I just kinde figured that it was because the tc is a new model...right? Where as the xA has been a proven model (ist) in other countries for a while. I really don't want to get a car that's going to sound cheap and junky within a year.

 

There's also a drivers side door rattle on my xA. It only tends to show up when i play music with lots of bass. I got use to the rattle that it doesn't really bother me anymore.

 

Funny thing. I just noticed that today listening to Du Hast. I'm sure if i got in that panel with some Dynamite (Errrr Dynamat) I could get rid of it. Not really that noticable till you said something tho.

 

I got the same door rattle

 

try open you window half way and drive, you will hear something.

 

Alot of cars do that. my echo did that. it only happens if one window is open halfway and the rest arn't. something to do with the air trying to get out and in at the same time. ever hold a soda bottle completely upside down when it was full and watch the soda come out in big gulps instead of flowing smoothly? same thing only with air. I'll admit the first time i hear that popping i nearly ____ed myself. but you crack another window or two and it goes away.

 

what a waste of soda...

 

rattle in the dash, but its probably my fault. . . those damn t-taps for the subwoofer/amp I put it are plastic and I think are rattling.

 

I've got that stupid dash rattle as well, The dealsership can't seem to find the source, so i'll have to keep going back until they do. It is really anoying.

 

I have 2 noises that are currently buggin the eff outta me (NO MODS RS):

The first may be what you guys are talking about with the dash. I narrowed it down to the plastic beam that goes from dash to hood on the passenger side. Mine seems to be a little loose at the bottom and vibrates against the actual dash to cause the noise. If I push on it a little at the bottom the noise goes away... for a little while. Need to go into the dealer and see if they can tighten it.

The second noise I have seems to come from the rear passenger side. Kinda sounds like glass on plastic. Only seems to happenwhen I hit a bump like a RR track or pothole. I suspect that it has something to do with the tonoue (sp?) cover in the trunk.

 

I have a dash rattle that seems to eminate from the gage cluster. I also get a little bit of a rattle from my moonroof inside cover when it bounces (I don't see this as a problem though). The dash rattle can be a little annoying though.

 

I have no rattles yet but the noisy stock Bridgestone tires make up for a lot of rattles. If I only drive on wet roads the tire noise is not bad. So perhaps I must install a tank of water in the front of the xA to spray water strips in the path of the tires.

 

I had a dash rattle for a few weeks. It was the interior lighting under the dash tapping against the dash. I just applied a little pressure with my thmb and the tube backed off the dash enough to stopp rattling.

The first subwoofer I got with the car rattled a lot too. Scion had to replace it.

 

I do have some rattle to coming from the driver door, dash (sounds like a lose washer) and in the back (I think is the retractable thing, not quite sure). Does anyone has ways to fit it, because it drives me crazy sometimes.

 

I have a rattle from the back whenever I hit a bump. A new one just started in the driver's side door panel 2 days ago. I'll probably try to fix them myself, but if I can't, I'll have the dealer look at it when I have my first oil change. I've had very bad luck with rattles being fixed under warranty by dealerships in the past, though I've never dealt with my local dealer before. They always say they can't repeat the problem or say they fixed it, then it shows up again 2 days later. It seems to take about 4 times before it actually gets fixed.

 

I know that i have read that a couple people, and my self have a rattle in the left vent. They can fix that with some felt material they have. No door rattle hear. I have 2 12s and i have them pounding a lot, and still no rattles from them, and i have 8000 miles on mine. just my input