What did you do to fix all your rattles?

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Jul 10, 2011 | 05:03 PM

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TrevorS

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Just applied some left over damping material to the inside of the hatch skin behind the general area of the license plate on out. Will be interesting to see what difference it makes (don't hear it that often anyway).

The damping made the license plate rattle much quieter -- glad I tried that

Jul 11, 2011 | 04:10 PM

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Man yall must have DUDS if its that bad. I dont notice mine at all. My 2009 has 40k miles and has been from Cali to TX and to NY and my only complaint is noticable road noise. Maybe its cuz I am used to very oversized up armored vehicles that rattle more than a freaking diamond back. I feel sorry for ya if you gotta rattle trap but to be nice there aint no reason to complain if something can be done to help prevent the problem ie, dynmat, secondskin, stinger roadkill. just my 2cents. have a nice day. not tryin to be a ______.

Or perhaps the company that designed it could do something about consistent problems with the vehicle?

Then again, I do set my expectations pretty low for a car with a $17k MSRP. I'd be much more irritated if my previous $30k MSRP cars (although they were domestics) had this many rattles.

Jul 12, 2011 | 05:28 PM

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Mauby

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Guess I got lucky with mine, the only rattle I get is the change I put in the dashboard pocket. Good luck.

Jul 13, 2011 | 04:03 AM

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Jul 13, 2011 | 05:13 AM

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The design of the car makes it very stiff. The only place there is flex is at the cowl area, which makes the dash and windshield take the brunt of it.
I have the shock tower brace on mine and I noticed a huge drop in dash noise.

Jul 16, 2011 | 04:57 AM

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Jul 17, 2011 | 03:45 AM

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I dont know if anyones interested in this, but found a possible fix/help video.

Jul 17, 2011 | 04:26 AM

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^ I've always wondered if that $99 tower brace was worth it. I never could justify it, but now that I think about it, it makes sense. It's designed to stiffen the front so there's less flex.

The other sound issue I have is also at the top of the windshield. I haven't heard about this too much on ScionLife, but it creaks like hell at the top and the bottom as well as the a and b pillars.

Think it's worth bringing my car into the dealership? I'm just anticipating them giving me the runaround and claiming they can't find anything wrong with it.

There is a TSB for windshield etc. squeak, creak, rattle. There is a lot of work to fix it so yeah, take it in.