Guntherman

I had a dash rattle. My particular rattle only occurred when going over bumps, and sounded like it was coming from behind the glovebox/airbag area. To fix it, here's what I did:

Open the glovebox:


Press in on two tabs at the back of the glovebox. While pressing in, gently pull the glovebox down. It will open all the way:


One or both of these connectors was causing my rattle. I wrapped them in foam tape. To keep the foam from unraveling, I wrapped again with electrical tape:


I thought I'd need to re-route the cable in the foreground (Sirius antenna cable, I think?) to keep it from rattling against the back of the glovebox. The rattle is gone without re-routing the cable.

I could have gotten this fixed at the dealer but I don't have a lot of spare time during the week to visit the service department for trivial (yet annoying) stuff like this. Total time to fix was under 5 minutes.

Flabioso

Go deal... I'm glad you found it and fixed it, sometimes chasing a rattle can drive you nuts.

johnwill

Helpful tip and pic. Thanks for taking the shots.

djmbs

I need to check that out... I got the same sort of sounds under those exact conditions..

Thanks for the heads-up..!!

Guntherman

I posted too soon. Turns out my original fix didn't kill the rattle. It only went away because it got warm. The rattle was most frequent in the morning, 50-60 degrees outside.

After some more investigation, I found it was the door panel. I don't know the exact mechanics of what's causing it, but I do know that some rubber gasket material (the kind that goes between your faucet and your countertop) makes it stop.

Yippie21

That explains why I've not heard a rattle... we haven't seen 50-60 degrees here in 3 months!

Bdubb127

Thanks so much dude! My damn glovebox has been rattling like a sumbitch for about a month and I ain't takin it back to the Stealership. I just fixed mine, and mine was the first rattle you thought you fixed. I cut up a koozie and tied a knot around the plastic connector and WHAHLAH(spelling). Thanks again

beerbuggy

I have a 2 month old 2012 with less than 1500 miles on it and THIS was my issue. I wouldve bet 100.00 it was in the dash, but my 10 year old could put is foot on the cupholder on the door and it would stop, which told me it was in the door. I searched and searched the site and finally found this 1.5 year old post! Thanks to Guntherman and to this site!

CorvetteDreamin

My day is now complete.

The first picture that indicated how to open the glovebox ensured my quest for daily knowledge has been fulfilled!



Good work on the rattle find/fix though!

Guntherman

Well I'm glad this thread is still helping people out. That rattle was really annoying!

The glovebox design is great for getting access behind there. I have my iPod cable plugged into an extension cable I plugged into the USB2 port, which makes me (apparently) one of the only people to have an iPod cable with me everywhere I go. That means I'm always pulling down my glovebox to get to the cable to lend it to someone that needs to charge their Apple product.