Dash rattle

Anyone else have a rattle in the dash passenger side? I took the cover off the filter in the glove box that wasn’t it. Any ideas?

 

Yes. I’m pretty sure it’s the speaker grill on top of the dash where the tweeter and light sensor are

 

Ok I’ll check that out. Thank you

 

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I think so too, I still need to put something in the speaker grille for it to stop.

 

I just checked the grill it doesn’t seem to move, just seems like a solid part no movement

 

The speaker cover has some play to it but when I tap it no vibration

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...d-rattle-and-vibration-noise-resolved.462969/

 

Put a piece of foam or rubber between speaker grill and A pillar. Well know rattle there. Mine light senor also made noise
I stuck a small piece of foam around it as well. All quite now.

 

On mine, I pressed the bottom of the A-pillar trim in, where is meets the speaker cover. The noise never came back.

 

Mine seems to be the glove box assembly. If I hold down or push up on the door, the rattle goes away. I should mention that my rattle isn't coming from the glove box door, but the glove box door seems to fix it.

I should also mention that there are now like four other rattles coming from the dash. I gave up and learned to love the bomb, as they say.

 

I used a piece of felt. Inserted it between the speaker and pillar.
Walmart sells sheets of felt for about a buck. I cut a small strip, folded it in half (to double it), and used a spudger to 'stuff' it into the void.

 

Just wanted to note that Tesa Tape, which is used for interior wiring looms and harnesses from the factory, is also great for sticking to surfaces where friction causes rattles or buzzes. Coming from a VW, I had put this stuff between half of the plastic-plastic interfaces in the interior trying to chase down rattles.

https://www.amazon.com/Tesa-Fleece-...d=1643734026&sprefix=tessa+tape,aps,66&sr=8-5

 

Thanks everyone I’ll take your suggestions and let you all know how it goes

 

Let me know also, becuase I am now getting this... I realize its only when I am in D and have my food on the brake. Its does not happen while in P or N.... It may be while driving, but I would never know.
It just does not sound like its near the speaker / pillar... it sounds like its betweent he radio and glovebox behind them, near the window.

[edit] Yeah my rattle is not some little tick in the corner by the speakers... its more of a hard rattle, as I mentioned above. Ive watched several videos of what people are complianing about... thats not mine. It almost sounds structural. IDK.[/edit]

 

Just turn your radio up until you can't hear the rattle.

 

Yeah, my kids say they dont like Fit For An Autopsy... something about death, death, death, scream, scream, scream... IDK... I can barely hear them.

 

I had the most annoying rattle when I got my truck in the same area as others have reported in this thread so far. I searched for it for weeks. I yanked the speaker grille, door panel, glove box, airbag, etc out and deadened as much as I could and it all helped but was not the main issue.

The main issue in my case was this super loose bigass white clip that allows wiring to pass thru the fender into the door. It had an insane amount of play in every direction. I put double sided tape between the clip and metal of the truck, then used sound deadener all around it to make sure it wouldn't move. That fixed it up. The only way to access that clip was with the airbag removed. I also added a bunch of deadener and zip ties in that entire area under the dash while the airbag was out so I wouldn't have to go back and do it later.

How the passenger side will look while fixing the rattle (if yours is the same as what I had):

 

Yup that works. Seriously though I have the rattle sometimes too, seems to happen more when its cold out. some days worse than others. Nothing has broken so I guess ill have to live with it until one of you guys rips apart the dash and figures it out.

 

There's quite a few possibilities. I've had that happen. Mine happens when it's below 35 degrees. but once the truck warms up, it goes away. I've heard of the speaker grille and a bolt underneath it that isn't tight enough. for me, it's the passenger side a pillar trim piece's foam adhesive. if you take the a trim piece off, there's a foam piece there to help with noise and spacing and the adhesive on it just gets not sticky in cold conditions. That's the one for me. I've tested it by taking it off in cold weather and putting a blow dryer on it.

 

Same issue, only happens in cold weather and once the cab and foam stripping that meets the windshield warms up, the dash rattle goes away.
I also put a 4” piece of leather bootlace in the seam between the A pillar and the dash and that particular rattle totally disappeared.