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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 12:05 AM
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My '06 has had a driver side A pillar rattle and a front passenger rattle/squeak since new. It only does it on rougher asphalt (my home street) but it does it often enough to be aggravating. If I push hard on the lower portion of the A pillar it will stop, only to start again in a few seconds. Now the weird part: the door noise is more pronounced when turning to the right. (body flex?) I still have quite a bit of warranty left but my dealer service department cannot replicate it, even with me in the car.

Has anyone else experienced a similar problem?

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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 04:03 AM
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I can't help you with the door problem but I think your A-pillar rattle is actually coming from the dash speaker grills vibrating against the A-pillar itself.
I had the same problem and I figured it out at work since I have to find rattles in customer vehicles all of the time. We have this very thin felt tape that I aplied to the edge of the grill that touches the A-pillar and voila!, rattle gone!!!
Hope this is your issue also...good luck!
Old Aug 19, 2007 | 04:14 AM
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i have the same peoblem...i thought about checking that grill but have not gotten that high yet...cool...i have had a rattle in my passenger door for a long time too...well since i drove it off the lot...took it back the next day and they could not reproduce it...oh well i just turn the music up...dont bother me anymore...
Old Aug 19, 2007 | 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Metro273
I can't help you with the door problem but I think your A-pillar rattle is actually coming from the dash speaker grills vibrating against the A-pillar itself.
I had the same problem and I figured it out at work since I have to find rattles in customer vehicles all of the time. We have this very thin felt tape that I aplied to the edge of the grill that touches the A-pillar and voila!, rattle gone!!!
Hope this is your issue also...good luck!
I'll try the felt tape...any idea where I can get it? Lowes, Home Depot??
Old Aug 19, 2007 | 05:53 PM
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Had that same issue - dealership added some padding between the metal and the inside body panel on the pillar and passenger door, all is well.

I took it a step further and sound deadened the entire interior (floor, doors, hatch) so I could get it somewhere tolerable.
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Originally Posted by dz302
Originally Posted by Metro273
I can't help you with the door problem but I think your A-pillar rattle is actually coming from the dash speaker grills vibrating against the A-pillar itself.
I had the same problem and I figured it out at work since I have to find rattles in customer vehicles all of the time. We have this very thin felt tape that I aplied to the edge of the grill that touches the A-pillar and voila!, rattle gone!!!
Hope this is your issue also...good luck!
I'll try the felt tape...any idea where I can get it? Lowes, Home Depot??
Use the fuzzy half of self sticking velcro.
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